Flash Floods and Landslides in Northern Tanzania Claim 63 Lives
President Samia Suluhu Hasan cuts short COP28 trip as rescue operations continue amid severe weather conditions.
- At least 63 people have died and 116 have been injured due to torrential rains causing flash floods and landslides in northern Tanzania.
- The disaster has affected at least 1,150 households and 5,600 people, with at least 750 acres of farmland destroyed.
- Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hasan cut short her trip to the COP28 climate conference in Dubai to attend to the crisis.
- Search and rescue operations continue, with Tanzania’s defence forces and rescue teams searching for survivors and the bodies of those killed.
- The flooding follows a period of severe drought in the region, which has left soil drier and less capable of holding water, heightening the risk of flash flooding.
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