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zambia flooding situation
  • About  22 districts across Zambia are underwater due to climate change-induced flooding caused by above-average rains according to CARE Zambia
  • The humanitarian organisation reports that over 70 districts in Zambia are at a high risk of flooding even as the rains continue to fall, and rivers burst their banks.
  • The climate crisis has directly affected at least 1.5 million people – including an estimated 821,000 children.

About 22 districts across Zambia are underwater due to climate change-induced flooding caused by above-average rains according to CARE International.  

The firm reports that over 70 districts in Zambia are at a high risk of flooding even as the rains continue to fall, and rivers burst their banks. 

In six districts where CARE works, there has been continuous rains that have led to flash floods. Hundreds of hectares of planted fields and grazing lands are underwater. Homes have been submerged as roads and bridges