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2018 East Africa floods

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East African states devastated by floods

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Flooding leaves more than 400,000 homeless in East Africa

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East Africa bears the brunt of floods as rains pound region

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Flooding across East Africa affects over 1 million people - IRC

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Nigeria Floods: Devastation and Strength Bring Communities Together

The 2018 East Africa Floods are an ongoing natural disaster in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Djibouti, and Burundi affecting millions of people. They began when excessive rains began falling in March 2018 following a year of severe drought and are still ongoing as of June 2018, leading to massive flooding, landslides, and the failure and overflow of several dams. Record rainfall was recorded in several areas, surpassing various records set during the 1950's and during the 1997–98 El Niño event. Nearly 500 people have lost their lives while hundreds of thousands of others have been displaced.