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Ethiopia: Flood: 2003/04/22 Country Information on DRR

Period 2003/04/22
Country or District Ethiopia
Event Type Flood
Outline Flooding in eastern Ethiopia has killed 117 people, mostly through disease or attacks by crocodiles, and left more than 100,000 people homeless.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
BBC news 2003/05/15
Dead: 117 people
(47 people in Kenya)
Homeless: more than 100,000 people

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Report/Articles

BBC news 2003/05/15
More die in East African floods

Reuters Alertnet 2003/05/15
Disease, crocodiles kill 117 in flooded Ethiopia