{"id":738205,"date":"2026-07-02T03:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/738205\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T03:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:58:14","slug":"ivory-coast-nearly-60-people-killed-in-flooding-since-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/738205\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast: Nearly 60 people killed in flooding since May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;particularly heavy&#8221; rainy season that started in mid-May has led to deadly flooding, <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/cote-divoire\/t-68154676\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivory Coast<\/a> government spokesperson Amadou Coulibaly told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Coulibaly added that a &#8220;particularly high toll of 59 people who have died this year, even though we are only at the beginning of the rainy season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Searches of flood-affected areas are ongoing, and authorities fear the toll could rise, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Informal settlements vulnerable to flooding<\/p>\n<p>Every year, Ivory Coast&#8217;s rainy season from May to late July unleashes flooding and landslides that kill dozens, especially those living in less-developed areas.<\/p>\n<p><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"69435797\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/69435797_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"A woman walks through floodwaters in Abidjan in 2024\" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; max-height: 0;\"\/>Flooding happens every year in the Ivory Coast [FILE: Jun 19, 2024]Image: Celeste Diom\/Matrix Images\/picture alliance \/ Matrix Images<\/p>\n<p>In the capital, Abidjan, 10 people were killed in floods in just two days, the government reported on Monday. Floods are a continual problem in Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p>Large informal settlements also form in flood-prone areas amid rapid urban growth.<\/p>\n<p>The government has been clearing out what it calls precarious neighborhoods in flood-prone zones with eviction and demolition operations for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesman Coulibaly said that areas &#8220;where residents have complied with the government&#8217;s safety instructions and agreed to relocate&#8221; have yet to see any flooding deaths.<\/p>\n<p>He added 20 people were killed in Abidjan&#8217;s Attecoube neighborhood, where some victims had returned to previously cleared sites.<\/p>\n<p>Floods also led to fatalities in neighboring Ghana, with entire buildings and roads submerged in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Deadly floods are common in parts of Africa, among the world&#8217;s most vulnerable regions to extreme weather events. The continent is only responsible for a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the World Meteorological Organization.<\/p>\n<p>Edited by: Rana Taha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A &#8220;particularly heavy&#8221; rainy season that started in mid-May has led to deadly flooding, Ivory Coast government spokesperson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-738205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}