DFO 2005-015

Flooding: 1/27/05 - ongoing (as of 3/14/05)

Angola - Cuanza River

Detailed Locations:
Northern Angola - provinces: North Cuanza (Kwanza-Norte), Uije, Zaire and Malanje - Dondo area.
Central Angola - provinces: Huambo, Benguela, and Bie.
Southeast Angola - Kwando Kubango

Rivers:
Kapacala river, Cuanza river, Okavango river

MODIS observations: seasonal flooding along the Cuanza river 300 km upriver from Dondo observed on December 25, 29, 30, 31, January 1, 4, 5, 8, 17. Flooding obsevered also father upriver on Cuanza tributaries Feb 20, 22, 24. Upper Okavango in Angola and Namibia seasonally high levels Feb 24. Cuanza still high March 3, 10. High levels on the lower Cuanza near Dondo on March 11.

Comments: Rainy season began in October, 2004.
January 28, Dondo - 149 houses destroyed, 2 bridges damaged, 1,000 people homeless. Similar floods in late December left 500 families homeless.
March 14 - 10,000 homeless in Dondo area, 608 houses destroyed.

Dead: no data Displaced: 10,000 Damages: no data Affected Region ( sq km): 89,350 Severity Class* : 1 Flood Magnitude**: 13.2 MODIS flood inundation limit file names***:
20050701245LCuan015Ma2.37
20050550905Okav015M2.36
20050550900Cuan015M2.36
20050530915Angol015M2.36
20050171225Cuan015Ma2.38

Map preparation and image analysis: Elaine Anderson

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