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| Africa flood zones face more rain | Africa flood zones face more rain |
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| A million Africans already suffering from severe flooding have been warned of further misery to come with heavy rain predicted from West to East. | A million Africans already suffering from severe flooding have been warned of further misery to come with heavy rain predicted from West to East. |
| The United Nations says 250 people have died and more than 600,000 people been made homeless across 17 countries. | The United Nations says 250 people have died and more than 600,000 people been made homeless across 17 countries. |
| The World Food Programme has urged governments to do all they can to help provide immediate relief. | The World Food Programme has urged governments to do all they can to help provide immediate relief. |
| WFP has launched an $60m appeal for food aid to Uganda alone, where it estimates 1.7 m people will go hungry. | WFP has launched an $60m appeal for food aid to Uganda alone, where it estimates 1.7 m people will go hungry. |
| North-eastern Uganda has lost most of its crops to flooding, after the heaviest rains in three decades. | North-eastern Uganda has lost most of its crops to flooding, after the heaviest rains in three decades. |
| See map of the worst-affected nations | See map of the worst-affected nations |
| "We anticipate that the situation will worsen," said Elizabeth Byrs from the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), with a flood zone already stretching "from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea." | "We anticipate that the situation will worsen," said Elizabeth Byrs from the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), with a flood zone already stretching "from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea." |
| In Ethiopia, more than 4,000 people are stranded in the eastern Afar region after a dam collapsed. | In Ethiopia, more than 4,000 people are stranded in the eastern Afar region after a dam collapsed. |
| YOUR EXPERIENCES The water kept rising. We lost everything - plates, clothing, bedding, my bicycle, even our sorghum and cassava crops Innocent Okia, 18Mbale, Uganda 'Washed away': Your stories Have Your Say The UN relief co-ordinator in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, John Clarke, told the BBC more than 250,000 had been left homeless in that country alone. | YOUR EXPERIENCES The water kept rising. We lost everything - plates, clothing, bedding, my bicycle, even our sorghum and cassava crops Innocent Okia, 18Mbale, Uganda 'Washed away': Your stories Have Your Say The UN relief co-ordinator in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, John Clarke, told the BBC more than 250,000 had been left homeless in that country alone. |
| Countries in East Africa regularly flood at this time of year, but West African nations are much less able to deal with the deluge, the World Food Programme says. | Countries in East Africa regularly flood at this time of year, but West African nations are much less able to deal with the deluge, the World Food Programme says. |
| In northern Ghana, more than 30 people have died and flooding has ruined the supply of clean water. | In northern Ghana, more than 30 people have died and flooding has ruined the supply of clean water. |
| The Ghanaian Navy, local and international agencies are coordinating their emergency response. | The Ghanaian Navy, local and international agencies are coordinating their emergency response. |
Deaths directly attributed to the floods include:
| Deaths directly attributed to the floods include:
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