Flooding in Eswatini
Storms and heavy rains have caused flooding Eswatini. Overall, the country has received 2, 868.3mm of rainfall caused by an upper level trough which is a trough of low pressure that forms in the upper levels of the atmosphere, similar to a cold front.
The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), urged members of the public to take extra precautions as a number of rivers in the country were flooded due to the torrential rains.
- Type of event
- Flood
- Location of event
- Eswatini
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2023-02-13
- Time of Charter Activation
- 07:28
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC+01:00
- Charter Requestor
- NDMA
- Activation ID
- 800
- Project Management
- Sibusiso Ginindza (National Disaster Management Agency)
- Value Adding
- Morwapula Mashalane (SANSA)