Flooding caused by heavy rains on July 30 and 31 “directly affected” at least 40,000 residents, including more than 8,000 children under the age of 5.
The Gambia last month faced its worst floods in 50 years, killing at least 11 people and displacing some 5,400 residents, the national disaster management agency said in a report published on Thursday.
Flooding caused by heavy rains on July 30 and 31 “directly affected” at least 40,000 residents, including more than 8,000 children under the age of 5.
Undoubtedly, however, it had an impact on the daily life of hundreds of thousands of residents, the same report points out.
The last floods of this magnitude in this small West African country date back to 1948. However, severe flooding also occurred in 1988, 1999, 2002, 2010, 2020 and 2022.
In the wider area of ​​the capital Banjul, water supply facilities were damaged, while standing water in some areas attracted reptiles “putting the population at risk”, as the authorities say.
During his visit to one of the affected areas, President Adama Barrow promised to spend 46 million dollars to modernize the sewage network.
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