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Bunyoro Kingdom demands immediate relocation of flood victims
By Harriet Kugonza
The Independent, Nov 11, 2020
Continuous rains and inflows from rivers around the Rwenzori region are responsible for the rising water levels in Lake Albert and flooding of surrounding areas.
Lake Albert ravages surrounding villages
By Harriet Kugonza
New Vision 24th October 2020
Also submerged were oil wells and the water abstraction point at Waluhoiza landing site and cross-border business, including ferry services, have been disrupted.
Floods kill one in Buliisa
October 22, 2020
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and fishermen have retrieved the body of a fisherman who was killed by floods in Buliisa district. The deceased identified as Bright Musinguzi 32, a resident of Kigoya village Buliisa sub county Buliisa district was swept away by floods resulting from the rising …
Floods submerge Butiaba health center leaving patients stranded
October 20, 2020
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Floods resulting from the rising water levels of Lake Albert have submerged Butiaba health center III in Butiaba sub county Buliisa district leaving health workers and patients accessing treatment at the facility stranded. The floods have submerged staff quarters, maternity, male and female wards, …
Butiaba sub-county disappearing under water, MPs warn gov’t
October 13, 2020
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For several months, the rising water levels have been covering previously dry land as the nation looked on. Death, damage to farms and homes have been ravaging Butiaba Sub-County in Buliisa district particularly severely. Now Members of Parliament from Buliisa district are appealing to …
Uganda – Lake Floods Continue to Cause Hardship for Communities
12 OCTOBER, 2020 BY FLOODLIST NEWS IN AFRICA, NEWS
Flooding from Lake Albert and Lake Kyoga continues to cause hardship for local communities in Uganda.
3,500 buliisa flood victims uncertain of shelter when schools reopen
September 30, 2020
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The fate of more than 3,500 people affected by floods in Buliisa District is uncertain when schools resume in two weeks. The victims were displaced in March as a result of the rising water levels of Lake Albert. Some of the affected people are from …
300,000 displaced by floods, need govt support
By Nicholas Wassajja
New Vision Added 13th September 2020 06:40 PM
Those at risk have been advised to relocate and stay with relatives as the Government moves in with help.
Kenya and Uganda – Thousands Displaced by Lake Floods
27 AUGUST, 2020 BY FLOODLIST NEWS IN AFRICA, NEWS
Thousands of people have been displaced by flooding from lakes in Kenya and Uganda, eastern Africa.
Omukama Iguru asks gov’t to extend relief food to Buliisa flood victims
August 1, 2020
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Solomon Gafubusa Iguru has tasked the government to extend relief food to thousands of people affected by floods in Buliisa district. Since March, more than 1,500 homes have been submerged by floods following the rising water levels of Lake …
Pictorial: Hundreds Displaced in Buliisa By Rising Lake Albert Water Levels
01 Aug 2020 16:12 Okello Emmanuel
A young boy pushing a bicycle through the flooded wanseko landing site .More than 3,000 people have been left homeless after rising water levels of Lake Albert submerged several homes in Buliisa district.
Lake Albert floods overwhelm Butiaba health facility in Buliisa, shifts to Butiaba Primary School.
By Innocent Atuganyira (Juy 20)
Following the overwhelming of Lake Albert floods in Buliisa district, Butiaba Health Center III have been temporary shifted to Butiaba Primary School.
200 more homesteads submerged in Buliisa
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More 200 homesteads in Butiaba sub-county in Buliisa district have been submerged due to the rising water levels in Lake Albert. The homes were submerged on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The most affected people are from the landing sites of Butiaba, Tugombilli, Kigungu Serule, …
Over 500 homesteads submerged by water in Buliisa district
June 17, 2020
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 homesteads in Butiaba sub-county, Buliisa district have been submerged by water from the rising levels of Lake Albert. The most affected people are from the landing sites of Kawaibanda, Butiaba, Boma, Kigangaizi, Tugombili, Walukuba, Bugoigo, Kamagongoro, Kigungu, Serule, Piida, Waisoki, Triangle …
One confirmed dead, others sustain serious injuries as abandoned house collapse.
Abandoned house submerged by Lake Albert floods this morning collapsed and hit four people, one died instantly and others are nursing wounds at Butiaba H/C III.