Several rivers throughout the country flooded

Quand

juin 2009 – sept. 2009

Type

Inondation

Coordonnées

12.35° N, 1.53° W

Description

Several rivers throughout the country flooded, causing 150,000 people flee their homes, mostly in the capital Ouagadougou.

Placé à : coordinates of the event it links, 2009 West Africa floods.

Several rivers throughout the country flooded, causing 150,000 people flee their homes, mostly in the capital Ouagadougou

2009 floods in 12 West African countries

The 2009 West Africa floods are a natural disaster that began in June 2009 as a consequence of exceptionally heavy seasonal rainfall in large areas of West Africa. Several rivers, including the Pendjari, Niger, Volta and Senegal rivers, broke their banks, causing destruction of houses, bridges, roads and crops.

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