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The '''2023 Rwanda floods''' occurred in May 2023. Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in north-western Rwanda, causing the deaths of 130 individuals as of May 3, 2023.

In late April and early May, the Rwanda Metrology Agency predicted rainfall between 50mm and 200mm across the country within the first 10 days of May. In the north-western region, heavy rain ranging from 175mm to 200mm were anticipated.

The night of May 2, the heavy rain affected [[Ngororero]], Rubavu, [[Nyabihu District|Nyabihu]], [[Rutsiro District|Rutsiro]] and [[Karongi District|Karongi]] Districts, with forecasts indicating that [[Rulindo District|Rurindo]], [[Gakenke District|Gakenke]] and [[Gicumbi District|Gicumbi]] Districts were also likely to experience similarly heavy rains in the following days.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-04 |title=Rwanda's devastating floods, landslides deaths rise to 130 |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/rwanda-floods-death-toll-rises-4222646 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=The East African |language=en}}</ref>

== The Government of Rwanda and Humanitarian interventions ==

The Rwandan has responded promptly to a devastating [[Flood|flood disaster]] on 2 and 3 may which resulted the tragic loss of 115 lives in west and Northern provinces only. The Government established command center.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nkurunziza |first=Michel |date=2023-05-04 |title=Rwanda Sets Up Command Centre to Coordinate Flood Disaster Interventions |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202305040024.html |access-date=2024-02-05 |work=The New Times |language=en}}</ref> to coordinate relief effort<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nkurunziza |first=Michel |date=2023-05-03 |title=Rwanda sets up command centre to coordinate flood disaster interventions |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/7181/news/environment/rwanda-sets-up-command-centre-to-coordinate-flood-disaster-interventions |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=The New Times |language=en}}</ref> by deploying a team of rescues officials from affected provinces The ministry of emergency and Management, The ministry of local government and police and provided medical treatment for those who was affected , provided food and shelter<ref>{{Cite web |last=Princewill |first=Duarte Mendonca,Nimi |date=2023-05-03 |title=Floods in western Rwanda kill at least 127 people |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/03/africa/floods-kill-109-rwanda-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> The humanitarian organization like [[Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team|HOT]] , through Open Street Map Rwanda supported with tools like FMTM and youth involvement in data collection to facilitate the Districts in future data driven decision making , [[Red Cross|Red Cross Rwanda]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=IFRC GO |url=https://go.ifrc.org/field-reports/16427 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=go.ifrc.org}}</ref> Organizations provided funds for The rapid response from [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]] ,[[World Food Programme|WFP]], [[World Health Organization|WHO]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Allocation summary {{!}} CERF |url=https://cerf.un.org/what-we-do/allocation/2023/summary/23-RR-RWA-59581 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=cerf.un.org}}</ref> The emergency relief coordinator Martin Griffiths has allocate $1.5 millions from the [[Central Emergency Response Fund|central emergency response fund]] CFRF to support the government led response <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-08 |title=Rwanda: Floods and Landslides - May 2023 {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2023-000064-rwa |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref>

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