- Title: Residents clean up after flooding hits Dakar
- Date: 6th September 2020
- Summary: JUST OUTSIDE DAKAR, SENEGAL (SEPTEMBER 6, 2020) (REUTERS) FLOODED STREET WRECKAGE AND FURNITURE COVERED IN MUD FROM SATURDAY'S FLOODING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA RESIDENTS WADING THROUGH FLOODED STREET CHILDREN TRYING TO MOVE WATER WITH PLATES AND DUSTPANS MORE WRECKAGE FROM SATURDAY'S FLOODS IN A RESIDENTIAL STREET FLOODED STREET GUEDIAWAYE, DAKAR (SEPTEMBER 6, 2020) (REUTERS)
- Embargoed: 20th September 2020 19:38
- Keywords: Dakar clean up flooded school heavy rain in Senegal
- Location: OUTSKIRTS OF DAKAR AND GUEDIAWAYE, SENEGAL
- City: OUTSKIRTS OF DAKAR AND GUEDIAWAYE, SENEGAL
- Country: Senegal
- Topics: Africa,Disaster/Accidents,Floods,Senegal
- Reuters ID: LVA001CUJVZGN
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- Story Text: Residents in and around Dakar were clearing up debris and mud on Sunday (September 6) after heavy rain caused severe flooding across Senegal.
Homes were damaged and furniture was covered in mud in a residential area in the outskirts of Dakar.
In nearby Guediawaye, volunteers were removing water from a heavily flooded health centre serving six local communities.
Senegal President Macky Sall has activated an emergency aid plan and water minister Serigne Mbaye Thiam said more rain fell on a single day than the country would usually see during three months in the rainy season.
According to forecasts by Senegal's meteorological agency ANACIM, more thunderstorms and rains were expected on Sunday across most of the country.
Heavy rains have been recorded in the Sahel regions of West and Central Africa in the past week including in Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, leading to devastating floods that have killed dozens and displaced thousands of people.
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