2016–2017 Zimbabwe floods
Location of Zimbabwe | |
Date | December 2016 – March 2017 |
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Location | Zimbabwe |
Deaths | 246 |
Property damage | US$100+ million |
The 2016–2017 Zimbabwe floods began in December 2016, following a severe drought. The flooding killed at least 250 people and injured another 128 over three months and left around 2,000 people homeless, according to Zimbabwean officials. At least seventy bridges on major highways were swept away, according to Transport Minister Joram Gumbo.[1]
The President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe declared the floods a national disaster.[2]
See also
- 2010–2011 Southern Africa floods
- 2015 Southeast Africa floods
References
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Floods in Africa
- 1908 Port Elizabeth flood
- 1981 Laingsburg flood
- 1987 South Africa floods
- 1988 Sudan floods
- 1994 Dronka floods and lightning strike
- 1994 Merriespruit tailings dam disaster
- 2000 Mozambique flood
- 2007 African floods
- 2007 Mozambican flood
- 2007 Sudan floods
- 2008 Namibia floods
- 2009 Angola, Namibia and Zambia floods
- 2009 West Africa floods
- 2008 Benin floods
- Early 2000 Madagascar floods
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