A team of "investigators" have been plotting flood-prone areas on their smartphones in two of Niamey's districts.
"If it rains again, we'll lose the entire village."
As BRACED projects entered their second year of implementation, unusually wet and dry periods resulted in floods, droughts, and landslides in parts of West Africa, East Africa and South Asia.
Senegal floods expose need for community warning, preparation
With scant warning given, Nairobi flash flooding collapses buildings
Heavy rains have brought flooding to Nairobi and other areas of Kenya since the end of October. These excessive rains are due to the effects of El Niño. This is an ongoing situation, and the event page will be updated regularly as more information comes in.
Hurricane Patricia was a storm that many called a “meteorological marvel.” Headed for Mexico, it intensified incredibly rapidly from a tropical cyclone (40 mph) to a strong Category 5 (200 mph) hurricane in a mere 30 hours. This was the strongest hurricane in recorded history in the Eastern ...
Northeastern Ethiopia is suffering from drought following late and erratic rainfall during two consecutive rainy seasons. The poor rainfall is testing national resilience-strengthening initiatives like the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) and the Farm Africa and Christian Aid BRACED projects ...
What does resilience look like? Can we identify actual examples of resilience, to learn from success? Floods, droughts, and landslides are some examples of extreme climate events that happen all of the time around the world, and yet we only hear about a select few, usually when there is mass suffering and casualty. Reality of Resilience aims to change that by documenting in real-time what works to strengthen resilience during extreme climate events.
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