River in Chad’s city rises to a record level after flooding
Authorities said on Wednesday that the Logone river in Chad’s capital has reached its highest level in 30 to 40 years. This could cause more trouble in a country that has been dealing with devastating floods for weeks.
The annual monsoon in West and Central Africa has brought above-average rains to parts of the area this rainy season, which has caused widespread flooding. The U.N.’s OCHA says that 1.9 million people across most of Chad are impacted, making it the country with the worst damage as of October 5.
The Logone river had risen even more than expected by Wednesday morning, reaching 8.18 meters. Sakine Youssouf, who is in charge of the National Meteorology Agency, said, “This is a record that hasn’t been seen in at least 30 to 40 years.”
Thursday, Prime Minister Allah Maye Halina led a meeting of the national flood management committee to come up with a plan to deal with the flooding. He said the flooding had happened in 17 of Chad’s 23 provinces and eight of the capital city N’Djamena’s 10 districts.
