Namibia

From DFO – Flood Observatory

Namibia

  • Region: Africa (2)
  • Sub-region: Sub-Saharan Africa (202)
  • Intermediate region: Southern Africa (18)
  • M49: 516
  • ISO-2: NA
  • ISO-3: NAM

Recorded floods for Namibia

Total number of flood events: 16

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Glide ﹟ Start Date End Date Country Additional Countries Area (km²) Source Main Cause Fatalities Displaced Severity Flood impact index
Glide ﹟ Start Date End Date Country Additional Countries Area (km²) Source Main Cause Fatalities Displaced Severity Flood impact index
5339 2022-12-15 2022-12-15 Namibia 317 FloodList Heavy rain 2 0 1.0 2.5
5009 2021-01-01 2021-01-13 Namibia 367,193 FloodList Heavy rain 0 260 1.5 6.9
4455 FL-2017-000027-NAM 2017-03-09 2017-03-22 Namibia 248,928 News Heavy rain 0 0 1.0 6.5
4131 FL-2014-000038-ZAF 2014-03-01 2014-03-30 South Africa Namibia 1,037,639 News Heavy rain 37 3,528 1.5 7.7
4037 2013-03-01 2013-03-17 Namibia 100,905 News Heavy rain 0 10,000 1.0 6.2
3798 2011-03-15 2011-04-19 Namibia Angola 102,874 News Heavy rain 62 10,000 1.5 6.7
3791 2011-03-01 2011-03-18 Namibia 47,809 News Heavy rain 0 4,000 1.0 5.9
3639 FL-2010-000077-NAM 2010-04-16 2010-04-21 Namibia 64,628 0 Heavy rain 0 11,000 1.0 5.6
3264 FL-2008-000004-NAM 2008-01-31 2008-04-23 Namibia 164,248 News Heavy rain 42 40,000 1.5 7.3
2810 FL-2006-000029-NAM 2006-02-24 2006-02-28 Namibia 16,107 News Dam/Levy break or release 5 2,100 2.0 5.2
2783 2006-01-18 2006-01-18 Namibia 1,298 News Heavy rain 0 0 1.0 3.1
2430 2004-02-01 2004-06-02 Namibia Zambia 615,606 News Heavy rain 10 40,000 2.0 8.2
2425 2004-01-27 2004-03-01 Angola Namibia 75,083 News Heavy rain 0 0 1.0 6.4
2421 2004-01-14 2004-01-17 Namibia 540 News Torrential rain 1 0 2.0 3.6
344 1989-07-31 1989-08-03 Namibia 117,989 News Heavy rain 2 0 1.0 5.7
286 1989-02-08 1989-02-12 Namibia 124,184 News Heavy rain 6 0 1.0 5.8