According to the United Nations’ most recent assessment of the disaster, severe flooding in Chad since July has killed 503 people and affected about 1.7 million people. This information was released on Saturday.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Chad, the floods have also wrecked 212,111 dwellings, flooded 357,832 hectares (885,000 acres) of farmland, and drowned 69,659 heads of livestock due to flooding.
Marcelin Kanabe Passale, Chad’s minister of water and energy, said reporters on Saturday morning that all of the nation’s provinces had been affected and warned of more unrest to come.
“The waters of the Logone and Chari rivers have reached a critical height likely to cause obvious serious flooding in the coming days,” Passale said.
The confluence of the Logone and Chari rivers is home to Chad’s capital, N’Djamena.
Passale advised treating any private well water with chlorine before drinking it.
He said that in order to “assess the risks associated with the pollution of drinking water supplies and rising river levels,” a committee had been established to monitor floods.
Early in September, the UN had already issued a warning about the effects of “torrential rains and severe flooding” in the region, especially in Chad.
It demanded financing and quick action to combat climate change.
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