Several Confirmed Dead In Tanzania Landslides

On Sunday 3rd Dec-A local official said on Sunday that flooding-related landslides in northern Tanzania had resulted in at least 47 fatalities and 85 injuries, with concerns that the death toll could climb.

The town of Katesh, which is located around 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of the capital Dodoma, saw heavy rain on Saturday, according to district commissioner Janeth Mayanja.

Regional commissioner for the Manyara region of northern Tanzania, Queen Sendiga, told local media that “up to this evening, the death toll reached 47 and 85 injured.”

Mayanja issued a warning, saying the death toll was “likely to increase”.

While attending the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan conveyed her sympathies and announced that “more government efforts to rescue people” had been authorized.

Following an unparalleled period of drought, El Nino-related flooding and torrential rain have been plaguing East Africa for several weeks.

In addition to displacing over a million people, the downpours in Somalia have claimed hundreds of lives.

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El Nino is a naturally occurring weather pattern that comes from the Pacific Ocean and causes global warming. It causes copious rainfall in some places and drought in others.

The worst of the current El Nino is predicted by scientists to be felt around the end of 2023 and into the next year.

In five nations in the region, severe flooding brought on by intense El Nino rains between October 1997 and January 1998 claimed almost 6,000 lives.

Scientists claim that human-caused climate change is extending, intensifying, and increasing the frequency of extreme weather events like flooding, storms, droughts, and wildfires.