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Intense rainfall adds to increase in lakes levels in East Africa

Intense rainfall adds to increase in lakes levels in East Africa
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Burundi: How rising Lake Tanganyika triggers urgent humanitarian needs - Burundi

Burundi: How rising Lake Tanganyika triggers urgent humanitarian needs Format Children wade through their schoolyard in Gatumba zone, Bujumbura Rural province © IOM 2021/Triffin Ntore What are we going to do if the water does not stop rising? That question has been on everyone s mind: Homeowners, building contractors and construction workers, farmers, market vendors, schoolchildren, commuters, and of course, development and humanitarian workers. During the past two years persistent heavy rain, followed by floods, landslides, and strong winds, has raised Lake Tanganyika to dangerous levels, engulfing entire roads, markets, school playgrounds and churches. Welcome at first, the downpours soon began to wreak havoc on lives and livelihoods in the Republic of Burundi and across the entire sub-region. The world’s second-deepest lake – and as long as 600 km – is shared between Burundi, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Co

Thousands in Burundi Affected by the Rising Waters of Lake Tanganyika - Burundi

Thousands in Burundi Affected by the Rising Waters of Lake Tanganyika Format © IOM Bujumbura – More than 30,000 people have been affected by flooding across Burundi’s coast due to the rising waters of Lake Tanganyika. An assessment by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reveals that local villages on the shores of Rukaramu and Gatumba zones, in Mutimbuzi commune (Bujumbura Rural province) are among the hardest hit. Thousands of families have been forced to leave their flooded homes in the last week. Most of the 6,239 households, including 5,208 from Gatumba and 1,121 from Rukaramu, are being sheltered either by host families or in houses under construction and at collective centres. Some families remain in their homes despite being partially submerged.

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