Greater than 100,000 folks have been affected by the flooding, which has hit Tanzania’s coastal areas particularly laborious.
Floods have killed 58 folks in Tanzania over the past two weeks, spurring the East African nation to hunt a solution in main infrastructure tasks.
The federal government introduced the dying toll late on Sunday as heavy rains continued to lash the nation. April marks the height of Tanzania’s wet season, and it has been exacerbated this 12 months by the El Nino phenomenon, which has brought about droughts and floods throughout the globe.
“From April 1 to April 14, 2024, there were 58 deaths caused by the heavy rains, which led to flooding,” authorities spokesman Mobhare Matinyi advised a press briefing, stressing that the nation’s coastal area was one of many worst affected.
“Serious flood effects are experienced in the coast region where 11 people have so far died,” he added.
Tanzania has plans to assemble 14 dams to forestall flooding in future, the spokesman stated.
Simply 4 months in the past, at the very least 63 folks had been killed throughout floods in northern Tanzania that additionally triggered devastating landslides.
On Friday, eight schoolchildren drowned after their bus plunged right into a flooded gorge within the north of the nation. A volunteer within the rescue operations additionally died.
General, at the very least 126,831 folks had been affected by the flooding, Matinyi reported.
Greater than 75,000 farms have been broken within the coastal and Morogoro areas – about 200km (124 miles) west of the financial capital, Dar-es-Salaam.
Important provides, together with meals, have been distributed to these affected.
Different elements of East Africa have additionally been experiencing heavy rains. Flooding in neighbouring Kenya is reported to have killed at the very least 13 folks.
Infrastructure has additionally been broken and people residing in flood-prone areas are being urged to maneuver.
Scientists from the World Climate Attribution group have stated the rainfall in East Africa “was one of the most intense ever recorded” within the area between October and December.
“Climate change also contributed to the event, making the heavy rainfall up to two times more intense,” the AFP information company reported, citing the group, including that the precise contribution of worldwide warming was unknown.