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Namibian floods 2011

Extremely heavy rainfalls were recorded early in February 2011.The 2011 Namibia floods began in early January 2011 affecting most regions in northern Namibia, such as Oshana,

Omusati and Oshikoto. About | 60 people are recorded killed by the flood while an estimation of about 20,ooo people were forced to leave their homesteads due to flood situations. The flow of heavy waves of water were seems to

extend through neighboring countries like Angola, South Africa and Mozambique.

Damages

A number of families were left with no foods to bring on the table since their crop fields are destroyed by these terrible flooding water. However the Namibian government put some efforts to seek help on food provision and more medical attention on diseases associated with flooding. More of these helps were obtained from organizations such as Red cross, for medical helps and WHO, for food related helps. As far as the flooding was concerned most of Namibian roads were severely destroyed by flooding water which negatively impacted the transport system of the country.A Lot of citizens cloud not drive on these wet roads when going to work, many were forced not go due critical conditions of the floods. Most homes were found under water and people were forced to displace. A great total of schools in the northern part of Namibia were closed in relation with flood situations. The water was so deep that school children can not walk through. Some school building began to collapse when the ground they stand on became very saturated.