Chad — Emergency Tracking Tool Report 157 — River flooding in the Lake Province (14 December 2022)

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Contact
DTM Chad, dtmtchad@iom.int
Language
English
Location
Chad
Period Covered
Dec 14 2022
Dec 14 2022
Activity
  • Mobility Tracking
  • Event Tracking

The objective of the Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements as well as security and climactic emergencies. Information is collected through phone interviews with key informants and direct observation. 

Following the increasing water level of Lake Chad, a total of 1,322 households (6,141 individuals) were affected by the floods, among these people, 884 households (3,600 individuals) were displaced on foot and by canoe to the host locations. In addition to displacement, these flooding caused considerable damage to houses, millet, rice, sorghum and okra fields, also resulting in the loss of non-food items and livestock.