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The '''2015 Southeast Africa floods''', partially related to [[2014–15 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season#Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Bansi|Cyclone Bansi]] and [[Tropical Storm Chedza]], killed at least 176 people in [[Malawi]],<ref name = "USAToday">{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/01/16/floods-malawi-mozambique/21881441/ | title=Floods kill scores in Malawi, Mozambique | work=USAToday | date=16 Jan 2015 | access-date=25 Jan 2015 | agency=Associated Press}}</ref> 86 in [[Mozambique]], and at least 46 in [[Madagascar]] over the course of a week while leaving hundreds more missing.<ref name="Reuters1">{{cite web | url=http://www.trust.org/item/20150123160911-7f0c3 | title="Dire" needs of southern African flood survivors unmet two weeks on - TRFN | work=Reuters Foundation | date=23 January 2015 | access-date=23 January 2015 | agency=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/17/malawi-floods-kill-176-people | title=Malawi floods kill 176 people | work=The Guardian | date=17 January 2015 | access-date=17 January 2015 | agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30854140|title=BBC News - Malawi floods kill 170 and leave thousands homeless|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Flood death toll across Southern Africa reaches 260|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-africa19-20150119-story.html|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Madagascar tropical storm claims 46 lives|url=https://news.yahoo.com/madagascar-tropical-storm-claims-46-lives-111513840.html|publisher=Yahoo! News via AP|access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> [[Vice President of Malawi]] [[Saulos Chilima]] stated that over 200,000 [[Malawian]] people have been displaced by the flood. About 400,000 African people have been displaced in total, and 153 were declared missing.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Malawi floods devastation far worse than first thought|url = https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/feb/10/malawi-floods-devastation-far-worse-than-first-thought|website = the Guardian|access-date = 2015-11-23|first = Clár Ní|last = Chonghaile}}</ref>
The '''2015 Southeast Africa floods''', partially related to [[2014–15 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season#Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Bansi|Cyclone Bansi]] and [[Tropical Storm Chedza]], killed at least 176 people in [[Malawi]],<ref name = "USAToday">{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/01/16/floods-malawi-mozambique/21881441/ | title=Floods kill scores in Malawi, Mozambique | work=USAToday | date=16 Jan 2015 | access-date=25 Jan 2015 | agency=Associated Press}}</ref> 86 in [[Mozambique]], and at least 46 in [[Madagascar]] over the course of a week while leaving hundreds more missing.<ref name="Reuters1">{{cite web | url=http://www.trust.org/item/20150123160911-7f0c3 | title="Dire" needs of southern African flood survivors unmet two weeks on - TRFN | work=Reuters Foundation | date=23 January 2015 | access-date=23 January 2015 | agency=Reuters | archive-date=23 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123150559/http://www.trust.org/item/20150123160911-7f0c3 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/17/malawi-floods-kill-176-people | title=Malawi floods kill 176 people | work=The Guardian | date=17 January 2015 | access-date=17 January 2015 | agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30854140|title=BBC News - Malawi floods kill 170 and leave thousands homeless|work=BBC News|date=16 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Flood death toll across Southern Africa reaches 260|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-africa19-20150119-story.html|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Madagascar tropical storm claims 46 lives|url=https://news.yahoo.com/madagascar-tropical-storm-claims-46-lives-111513840.html|publisher=Yahoo! News via AP|access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> [[Vice President of Malawi]] [[Saulos Chilima]] stated that over 200,000 [[Malawian]] people have been displaced by the flood. About 400,000 African people have been displaced in total, and 153 were declared missing.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Malawi floods devastation far worse than first thought|url = https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/feb/10/malawi-floods-devastation-far-worse-than-first-thought|website = the Guardian|access-date = 2015-11-23|first = Clár Ní|last = Chonghaile| date=10 February 2015 }}</ref>


Flooding began on January 14, 2015, subsiding at the end of the month.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Madagascar : Saison cyclonique 2014-2015 : Inondation et tempête tropicale Chedza - Rapport de mise à jour n. 13, Jeudi, le 29 janvier 2015|url = http://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-saison-cyclonique-2014-2015-inondation-et-temp-te-tropicale-chedza|website = ReliefWeb|access-date = 2015-11-23|language = fr}}</ref> Due to the flooding, the soil in some areas became over saturated and caused [[landslide]]s, leading to more deaths.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Madagascar storm death toll climbs to 68|url = http://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-storm-death-toll-climbs-68|website = ReliefWeb|access-date = 2015-11-23}}</ref> The rainfall of Southeast Africa was recorded as being 150% higher than normal, flooding roughly 63,000 [[hectare]]s in total.<ref>{{Cite web|title = South East Africa - Floods Hit Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique - FloodList|url = http://floodlist.com/africa/south-east-africa-floods-hit-zimbabwe-malawi-mozambique|website = FloodList|access-date = 2015-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chikoko|first1=Rex|title=Flood-hit Malawi faces aid deficit|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2015-01-23-flood-hit-malawi-faces-aid-deficit/|website=Mail and Guardian|publisher=IAB|access-date=23 November 2015}}</ref> Through years of research, Africa is said to have shown a [http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0442%281988%29001%3C0240%3AAIOIRV%3E2.0.CO%3B2 complex pattern of rainfall], causing droughts and floods in the same season. Much of the damage from the [[Wet season|2014-2015 rain season]] can be attributed to the effects of [[El Niño]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title = An Investigation of Interannual Rainfall Variability in Africa|last = Janowiak|first = John|date = 27 February 1987|journal = Journal of Climate|doi = 10.1175/1520-0442(1988)001<0240:aioirv>2.0.co;2|volume = 1|issue = 3|pages = 240–243|publisher = NMC/MWS/NOAA|doi-access = free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Winsor|first1=Morgan|title=El Niño In Africa 2015: Weather Phenomenon May Devastate East African Farmers, Herders With Drought, Floods|journal=Journal of Climate|volume=1|pages=240|publisher=IBT Media Inc|doi=10.1175/1520-0442(1988)001<0240:AIOIRV>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0442|year=1988|doi-access=free}}</ref>
Flooding began on January 14, 2015, subsiding at the end of the month.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Madagascar : Saison cyclonique 2014-2015 : Inondation et tempête tropicale Chedza - Rapport de mise à jour n. 13, Jeudi, le 29 janvier 2015|url = http://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-saison-cyclonique-2014-2015-inondation-et-temp-te-tropicale-chedza|website = ReliefWeb| date=30 January 2015 |access-date = 2015-11-23|language = fr}}</ref> Due to the flooding, the soil in some areas became over saturated and caused [[landslide]]s, leading to more deaths.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Madagascar storm death toll climbs to 68|url = http://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-storm-death-toll-climbs-68|website = ReliefWeb|access-date = 2015-11-23}}</ref> The rainfall of Southeast Africa was recorded as being 150% higher than normal, flooding roughly 63,000 [[hectare]]s in total.<ref>{{Cite web|title = South East Africa - Floods Hit Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique - FloodList|url = http://floodlist.com/africa/south-east-africa-floods-hit-zimbabwe-malawi-mozambique|website = FloodList|access-date = 2015-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chikoko|first1=Rex|title=Flood-hit Malawi faces aid deficit|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2015-01-23-flood-hit-malawi-faces-aid-deficit/|website=Mail and Guardian|date=23 January 2015 |publisher=IAB|access-date=23 November 2015}}</ref> Through years of research, Africa is said to have shown a [http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0442%281988%29001%3C0240%3AAIOIRV%3E2.0.CO%3B2 complex pattern of rainfall], causing droughts and floods in the same season. Much of the damage from the [[Wet season|2014-2015 rain season]] can be attributed to the effects of [[El Niño]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title = An Investigation of Interannual Rainfall Variability in Africa|last = Janowiak|first = John|date = 27 February 1987|journal = Journal of Climate|doi = 10.1175/1520-0442(1988)001<0240:aioirv>2.0.co;2|volume = 1|issue = 3|pages = 240–243|publisher = NMC/MWS/NOAA|doi-access = free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Winsor|first1=Morgan|title=El Niño In Africa 2015: Weather Phenomenon May Devastate East African Farmers, Herders With Drought, Floods|journal=Journal of Climate|volume=1|pages=240|publisher=IBT Media Inc|doi=10.1175/1520-0442(1988)001<0240:AIOIRV>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0442|year=1988|doi-access=free}}</ref>


==Effects by country==
==Effects by country==


[[File:Chedza Jan 16 2015 0655Z.jpg|thumb|Severe Tropical Storm Chedza on January 16, 2015]]
[[File:Chedza Jan 16 2015 0700Z.jpg|thumb|Severe Tropical Storm Chedza on January 16, 2015]]
[[File:Flooding in Madagascar.jpg|thumb|Rivers were swollen and brown with sediment in the wake of Tropical Storm Chedza]]
[[File:Flooding in Madagascar.jpg|thumb|Rivers were swollen and brown with sediment in the wake of Tropical Storm Chedza]]
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===Malawi===
===Malawi===
Two weeks of heavy rainfall killed 176&nbsp;people and caused US$450&nbsp;million in damage, or roughly 10% of the country's [[Gross domestic product|GDP]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Jeff Masters|title=Earth's 29 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters of 2015: 4th Most on Record|date=January 19, 2016|access-date=January 19, 2016|publisher=Weather Underground|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/earths-29-billiondollar-weather-disasters-of-2015-4th-most-on-recor}}</ref>
Two weeks of heavy rainfall killed 176&nbsp;people and caused US$450&nbsp;million in damage, or roughly 10% of the country's [[Gross domestic product|GDP]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Jeff Masters|title=Earth's 29 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters of 2015: 4th Most on Record|date=January 19, 2016|access-date=January 19, 2016|publisher=Weather Underground|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/earths-29-billiondollar-weather-disasters-of-2015-4th-most-on-recor|archive-date=May 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503053939/https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/earths-29-billiondollar-weather-disasters-of-2015-4th-most-on-recor|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:16, 12 August 2024

2015 Southeast Africa Floods
DateJanuary 9–20, 2015
LocationMalawi Malawi
Mozambique Mozambique
Madagascar Madagascar
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
DeathsAt least 225 killed[1][2]
At least 153 missing
400,000+ displaced
Property damageAt least USD $300,000,000

The 2015 Southeast Africa floods, partially related to Cyclone Bansi and Tropical Storm Chedza, killed at least 176 people in Malawi,[3] 86 in Mozambique, and at least 46 in Madagascar over the course of a week while leaving hundreds more missing.[1][4][5][6][7] Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima stated that over 200,000 Malawian people have been displaced by the flood. About 400,000 African people have been displaced in total, and 153 were declared missing.[8]

Flooding began on January 14, 2015, subsiding at the end of the month.[9] Due to the flooding, the soil in some areas became over saturated and caused landslides, leading to more deaths.[10] The rainfall of Southeast Africa was recorded as being 150% higher than normal, flooding roughly 63,000 hectares in total.[11][12] Through years of research, Africa is said to have shown a complex pattern of rainfall, causing droughts and floods in the same season. Much of the damage from the 2014-2015 rain season can be attributed to the effects of El Niño.[13][14]

Effects by country

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Severe Tropical Storm Chedza on January 16, 2015
Rivers were swollen and brown with sediment in the wake of Tropical Storm Chedza
 Country   Fatalities   Missing   Displaced 
 Malawi 176 230000
 Mozambique 86 160000
 Madagascar 46 20000
Total 308 153 410000
Location of Madagascar in Africa
Location of Malawi in Africa
Location of Mozambique in Africa
Location of Zimbabwe in Africa

Malawi

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Two weeks of heavy rainfall killed 176 people and caused US$450 million in damage, or roughly 10% of the country's GDP.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b ""Dire" needs of southern African flood survivors unmet two weeks on - TRFN". Reuters Foundation. Reuters. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. ^ Death toll rises as Mozambique weighs up flood costs (Mail & Guardian News)
  3. ^ "Floods kill scores in Malawi, Mozambique". USAToday. Associated Press. 16 Jan 2015. Retrieved 25 Jan 2015.
  4. ^ "Malawi floods kill 176 people". The Guardian. Associated Press. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ^ "BBC News - Malawi floods kill 170 and leave thousands homeless". BBC News. 16 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Flood death toll across Southern Africa reaches 260". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Madagascar tropical storm claims 46 lives". Yahoo! News via AP. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  8. ^ Chonghaile, Clár Ní (10 February 2015). "Malawi floods devastation far worse than first thought". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  9. ^ "Madagascar : Saison cyclonique 2014-2015 : Inondation et tempête tropicale Chedza - Rapport de mise à jour n. 13, Jeudi, le 29 janvier 2015". ReliefWeb (in French). 30 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  10. ^ "Madagascar storm death toll climbs to 68". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  11. ^ "South East Africa - Floods Hit Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique - FloodList". FloodList. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  12. ^ Chikoko, Rex (23 January 2015). "Flood-hit Malawi faces aid deficit". Mail and Guardian. IAB. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  13. ^ Janowiak, John (27 February 1987). "An Investigation of Interannual Rainfall Variability in Africa". Journal of Climate. 1 (3). NMC/MWS/NOAA: 240–243. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1988)001<0240:aioirv>2.0.co;2.
  14. ^ Winsor, Morgan (1988). "El Niño In Africa 2015: Weather Phenomenon May Devastate East African Farmers, Herders With Drought, Floods". Journal of Climate. 1. IBT Media Inc: 240. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1988)001<0240:AIOIRV>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1520-0442.
  15. ^ Jeff Masters (January 19, 2016). "Earth's 29 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters of 2015: 4th Most on Record". Weather Underground. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
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