| Event: | FL Flood |
| Number: | 2006-000106 |
| Country: | MRT Mauritania |
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| Date (YMD): | 2006-7-29 |
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| Information Source: | IFRC DREF Bulletin |
| Comments: | Since the beginning of July, heavy rains have been pouring down in the region of Brakna, South-eastern part of
Nouakchott, Mauritania, flooding the region and leaving several families homeless. The worst came with a storm in
the night of 22 July, killing seven people among them five members of the same family including two children, who
perished in the village of Ednesh, 19 people were injured. The wind and flooding have left about 320 families homeless in several villages and towns with Boutilimit, 150 km away from Nouakchott, being the most affected.
The state radio has reported that the severe storms and flooding in this part of the arid and dry country, which
experiences these kinds of hazards during the rainy season, will last until October. The city of Aleg alone recorded
102 ml of rain that caused flooding, with about 160 displaced families accommodated in provisional shelters in
schools. Most of these populations have also lost their crops and most of their belongings. In response, the state has
set up a crisis committee that deployed a team right after the storm struck and distributed food items, about 150
tents and blankets.
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