RSS Feed
Reuters: More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are at risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 19 people were killed in mudslides after flooding last week and nearly 12,000 people had been displaced since then. "Some 270,000 people could be affected by flooding in the (Amhara region)," OCHA said ......
Read Complete Article at Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed
U.N. says 270,000 at risk as floods loom in Ethiopia
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 30th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation