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| duration = January 12–20, 2015
| duration = January 12–20, 2015
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| total fatalities = At least 293
| total fatalities = At least 194 killed<ref name="Reuters1" /> <br />At least 153 missing <br />250,000+ displaced
| areas affected = {{flagicon|Malawi}} [[Malawi]]<br />{{flagicon|Mozambique}} [[Mozambique]]<br />{{flagicon|Madagascar}} [[Madagascar]]
| areas affected = {{flagicon|Malawi}} [[Malawi]]<br />{{flagicon|Mozambique}} [[Mozambique]]<br />{{flagicon|Madagascar}} [[Madagascar]]<br />{{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[Zimbabwe]]
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The '''2015 Malawi floods''' killed at least 176 people in Malawi, 58 in Mozambique and at least 46 in Madagascar over a course of a week.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/17/malawi-floods-kill-176-people | title=Malawi floods kill 176 people | work=The Guardian | date=17 January 2015 | accessdate=17 January 2015 | author=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30854140|title=BBC News - Malawi floods kill 170 and leave thousands homeless|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Flood death toll across Southern Africa reaches 260|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-africa19-20150119-story.html|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Madagascar tropical storm claims 46 lives|url=http://news.yahoo.com/madagascar-tropical-storm-claims-46-lives-111513840.html|publisher=Yahoo News! via AP|accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref> [[Vice President of Malawi]] [[Saulos Chilima]] stated that over 200,000 people had been displaced because of the flood.
The '''2015 Malawi floods''' killed at least 62 people in Malawi, 86 in Mozambique and at least 46 in Madagascar over a course of a week, while leaving hundreds more missing.<ref name="Reuters1">{{cite web | url=http://www.trust.org/item/20150123160911-7f0c3 | title="Dire" needs of southern African flood survivors unmet two weeks on - TRFN | work=Reuters Foundation | date=23 January 2015 | accessdate=23 January 2015 | author=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/17/malawi-floods-kill-176-people | title=Malawi floods kill 176 people | work=The Guardian | date=17 January 2015 | accessdate=17 January 2015 | author=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30854140|title=BBC News - Malawi floods kill 170 and leave thousands homeless|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Flood death toll across Southern Africa reaches 260|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-africa19-20150119-story.html|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Madagascar tropical storm claims 46 lives|url=http://news.yahoo.com/madagascar-tropical-storm-claims-46-lives-111513840.html|publisher=Yahoo News! via AP|accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref> [[Vice President of Malawi]] [[Saulos Chilima]] stated that over 200,000 people had been displaced because of the flood.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:27, 23 January 2015

2015 Malawi floods
DateJanuary 12–20, 2015
LocationMalawi Malawi
Mozambique Mozambique
Madagascar Madagascar
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
DeathsAt least 194 killed[1]
At least 153 missing
250,000+ displaced

The 2015 Malawi floods killed at least 62 people in Malawi, 86 in Mozambique and at least 46 in Madagascar over a course of a week, while leaving hundreds more missing.[1][2][3][4][5] Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima stated that over 200,000 people had been displaced because of the flood.

References

  1. ^ a b Reuters (23 January 2015). ""Dire" needs of southern African flood survivors unmet two weeks on - TRFN". Reuters Foundation. Retrieved 23 January 2015. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Associated Press (17 January 2015). "Malawi floods kill 176 people". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ^ "BBC News - Malawi floods kill 170 and leave thousands homeless". BBC News.
  4. ^ "Flood death toll across Southern Africa reaches 260". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Madagascar tropical storm claims 46 lives". Yahoo News! via AP. Retrieved 21 January 2015.