Togo and Benin – Mono River Flooding Affects 50,000 – FloodList

Heavy rain in Togo and Benin during October caused the Mono river to overflow from around 23 October, 2019.

Flooding in Maritime Region, Togo, late October 2019. Photo: Photo: United Nations Resident Coordinator in Togo

Levels of the Mono river at Athiémé in Benin jumped from 7.8 metres on 19 October 2019 to 8.5 metres on 23 October. Satellite images show around 4,000 hectares of land are under water in areas around either side of the border between the 2 countries.

In Togo areas of Maritime Region, in particular Lacs prefecture, are worst hit. Around 2,000 households (8,000 people) are thought to be affected in the region.

In Benin, flooding has affected the districts of Athiémé, Grand-Popo and Lokossa in Mond department. In Athiémé, flooding has affected 31,482 people from 9,258 households. Roads and public buildings have been flooded. Four health centres in the area are inaccessible after flood water blocked roads.

Sixteen villages in Grand-Popo are flooded, affecting 994 households. In Lokossa around 2,500 households in the communities of Lokossa and Ouèdèmè-Adja are affected.

Agence Bénin Presse (ABP), official press agency of the government of Benin, reported that the flooding was exacerbated by dam releases at Nangbéto and Anié in the Plateaux Region of Togo. Several small tributaries of the Mono have also flooded.

Flooding in Togo and Benin, as of 26 October 2019. Red denotes flood water. Image: UNITAR-UNOSAT. Full version of the map available here (pdf)
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Inondation sud #Togo: @UN_Togo en visite dans les zones affectées pour évaluer les besoins et apporter son appui aux populations sinistrées en soutien aux efforts @GouvTg. @PnudTogo @Unicef_Togo @UNFPA @WFP @UNHCR_Togo @Togowho pic.twitter.com/wu63HC5hJp

— Pnud Togo (@PnudTogo) October 25, 2019

Togo-#Inondations : “Il est important de répondre à la crise actuelle. Mais il est tout aussi important de se projeter dans le long terme avec des programmes de relèvement des populations : prévention des risques et adaptation aux #ChangementsClimatiques”-@aliouMdia pic.twitter.com/PHJmxr4tcn

— Pnud Togo (@PnudTogo) October 25, 2019

Visite de terrain avec le @GouvTg ce matin pour témoigner notre solidarité envers les populations victimes des inondations à Agbanakin, Azime, et Aklakou. Toute l’équipe de @UN_Togo y était avec @PnudTogo @Unicef_Togo @TogoWho @UNFPA_TOGO, #HCR et #PAM. pic.twitter.com/XpxacQ330T

— Damien Mama (@DamienMama) October 25, 2019

.@UN_Togo en action! Ns sommes de tt coeur avec les pop. sinistrées par les récentes inondations au Sud du #Togo, ns leur temoignons toute notre solidarité & notre soutien à ces braves communautés! @PnudTogo @TogoOfficiel @UNFPA_TOGO @Unicef_Togo @TogoWho @UNHCR_Togo @WFP_Africa pic.twitter.com/zJXSXXhnAY

— Aliou M. DIA (@aliouMdia) October 29, 2019

Identification par #drone des zones sinistrées après les #inondations dans le #département de l’#Atlantique au #Benin #globalpartners au service de la communauté @abdelawani @GBPartners_bj @AGO_Francois @lawaniismail @eGeo_bf pic.twitter.com/Rzod23SBwY

— N’DJIGOU JERRY (@NDjigou) October 28, 2019

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