Natural disasters cause serious consequences in Africa

At least 30 people have been killed and many injured by widespread flooding after continuous heavy rains in Namibe and southwestern Angola.

At least 30 people have been killed and many injured by widespread flooding after continuous heavy rains in Namibe and southwestern Angola.

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Floods and floods have killed many Africans.

The risk of flooding here continues to expand the affected area in the coming days.

After inspecting the flood situation, Angolan Minister of Interior Sebastiao Martins said the rising floodwaters flooded some of the main transport routes leading to Namibe, the situation is very serious.

Currently Angolan authorities are evacuating emergency people and providing food and clean water to tens of thousands of people in isolated flooded areas. The country has raised alarms for disaster damage and called for help from the international community.

Meanwhile in Madagascar, a strong tropical cyclone that landed in the northern part of the South Indian island nation on March 3 left at least 34 people dead and missing, hundreds of others injured. .

The Madagascar Risk and Disaster Control Agency has said that tornadoes have forced 77,000 people to evacuate urgently and 200,000 people have been left homeless, many areas of growing rice are completely destroyed or submerged in water. .

In 2010, the largest tropical storm in the past 10 years, named Hubert, has swept through the island nation, killing 83 people and missing and more than 187,000 people affected.

Each year Madagascar suffers from 10 to 15 storms and tropical cyclones, causing heavy losses in people and property.

Update 16 December 2018
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