Flood in Burkina Faso

In mid-July the entire Sahel of western Africa was affected by heavy rainfall. In Burkina Faso the weather changed abruptly from dry to wet with very heavy rainfall on 21st and 22nd July. This resulted in extensive flooding with severe damages and many people lost their livelihood. ZKI provides Reference and Flood Maps in the framework of the GMES Emergency Response project SAFER with funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme.