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Event: FL Flood Number: 2007-000132 Country: BFA Burkina Faso Location: Date (YMD): 2007-8-5 Time: Duration: Magnitude: Information Source: IRIN News Comments: A humanitarian crisis may be emerging in Burkina Faso with rains destroying people's homes and farmland in several areas across the country, the government's top crisis management expert said on 13 August. He said one of the worst-affected areas is the north province of Loroum, where flooding has washed away houses, schools and other infrastructure in 14 villages. On 5 August two-thirds of all houses in the village of Banh were washed away after rain fell non-stop for 13 hours. Some 718 people were made homeless including 281 children. The national Red Cross told IRIN it is making its own assessment of the situation in the north on 14 August. Aproximate Location::   THIS DISASTER ON THE INTERNET:	Useful Links: Back to Search results New Search Statistics Charts Tabular Reports Related Records: