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Event: FL Flood
Number: 2018-000054
Country: BDI Burundi
Location: Bujumbura Area
Date (YMD): 2018-5-4
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Comments: Burundi has experienced unprecedented flooding this year as a result of continuous heavy rain for the past two months. The heaviest floods have occurred at the downstreams of Mutimbuzi and Rusizi at the proximity of the capital Bujumbura. Worst affected communities include the Bujumbura suburbs of Buterere, Kiyange 1 Ngagara as well as the town of Gatumba in the Bujumbura Rural Province. So far, over 15 500 people have been affected. Additionally, 505 houses have been totally destroyed and 588 partially destroyed.
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FL-2018-000055-BDI
Flood,Burundi: After continuous heavy raining for over two months, Burundi has been affected by unprecedented flooding. Several communes along the downstreams of the rivers Mutimbuzi and Rusizi have been submerged by water. These include the Bujumbura suburbs of Buterere, Kiyange 1,Ngagara and Sabe as well as the town of Gatumba in the Bujumbura Rural Province. At least 505 houses have been completely destroyed and another 500 partially destroyed. Up to 13 000 people have been affected by the flooding.

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