• Severe floods destroy nearly 10 000 homes, kill 22 in southern Chad

    Flooding in southern Chad has killed 22 people and affected approximately 123 000 across 549 villages in Mandoul and Moyen-Chari provinces, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) on October 8, 2025. The floods destroyed more than 9 800 houses, injured 19 people, and displaced around 720 residents as heavy rains continued across the region.

  • Widespread floods claim over 1 000 lives, leave 4 million affected in West and Central Africa

    Widespread floods in West and Central Africa, caused by extraordinary torrential rains since July 2024, killed at least 1 000 people and affected 4 million. The floods destroyed 300 000 homes and displaced 500 000 people. The catastrophic humanitarian situation, aggravated by the northward passage of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), has resulted in widespread damage to homes, schools, medical facilities, swaths of farmland, and heightening the risk of water-borne diseases, food insecurity, and malnutrition.