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GLIDE Record
(2755 of 6487)
Event:
FL Flood
Number:
2006-000122
Country:
ETH Ethiopia
Location:
Omo river
Date (YMD):
2006-8-18
Time:
Duration:
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Information Source:
IFRC Dartmouth Flood Observatory OCHA
Comments:
Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA)has confirmed that floods in South Omo Valley have killed 364 people and displaced approximately 6000 ? 10,000 more following heavy rains which forced the Omo River to burst its banks and flood five villages in remote southern Ethiopia. The floods have killed 872 livestock and destroyed large areas of farmland. The affected area is in the isolated delta of the Omo River in Kuraz Woreda, 40km away from the capital city of the Woreda, Omorate (Daseneche woreda) and about 800 km away from the capital, Addis Ababa. The area is inaccessible by road.
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