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2022 Chad floods
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The 2022 Chad floods began in the Republic of Chad during July 2022 and currently continued till September 2022 following the heaviest rains in the country since 1990. An estimated 442,000 Chadians had been affected or displaced by flooding by the end of August 2022, including in large parts of the national capital, N'Djamena.
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All our studies say that these rains can be linked with climate change.
Katiellou Gaptia Lawan, head of Niger's national meteorological agency
As the rains continue, we expect that more people will be displaced but all humanitarian actors are already running out of emergency stocks to assist people.
People are going around the streets in boats, stealing property from wrecked homes," she said, explaining that looters had already taken jewelry, money and a canister of cooking gas from her house.
The water levels this year were higher than in previous years.
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Category:2022 floods
Category:Disasters in Africa
Category:Chad