Ambaliyar Namibiya ta 2008
Ambaliyar Namibiya ta shekarar 2008 ta faru ne a farkon watan Fabrairun 2008, ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya da aka yi cikin sauri ya haifar da ambaliya a arewacin Namibiya, wanda ya kai ga daya daga cikin ambaliya mafi muni cikin shekaru 50.  Ambaliyar ta kashe mutane 42 a farkon watan Maris   kuma an kiyasta kimanin mutane 65,000 ta shafa, musamman a yankunan Omusati, Oshikoto, Oshana, Ohangwena da Caprivi .  Mutane 40,000 ne kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta Namibia  ta taimaka tare da 4,600 a sansanonin ƙaura.  Yawan cunkoso da rashin tsafta ya haifar da damuwar kiwon lafiya a sansanonin ƙaura   kuma an sanar da barkewar cutar kwalara a cikin Maris.  A ranar 14 ga Maris, Ofishin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Harkokin Sararin Samaniya ya haifar da Yarjejeniya ta Duniya ta "Space da Manyan Bala'i" .  Abubuwan amfanin gona masu mahimmanci sun lalace kuma an yi la'akari da mutane 52,000 daga yankunan da ambaliyar ruwa ta shafa na bukatar agajin gaggawa don biyan bukatunsu na yau da kullun.   Minista Libertine Amathila ta bayyana cewa gwamnati za ta kashe dala miliyan 65 na Namibiya don taimakawa 'yan gudun hijirar.  Tasirin dogon lokaci ya haɗa da lalacewar filayen noma, gidaje, makarantu, hanyoyi da ababen more rayuwa a faɗin yankin.   Ambaliyar ruwa ta rage juriyar jama'ar da aka bar su cikin mawuyacin hali don ƙarin ambaliya wanda ya faru a 2009.

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Ambaliyar ruwan ta afkawa yankunan arewacin Namibiya da suka hada da Omusati, Oshikoto, Oshana, Ohangwena, da Caprivi. Waɗannan yankuna su ne mafi yawan jama'a a cikin al'umma tare da kimanin mutane 859,975, kusan rabin yawan jama'a.  Arewacin Namibiya yana da yanayi mara ƙazanta da yanayin zafi.  Yanayin ruwan sama ba shi da tabbas, tare da bambancin adadin da lokacin damina, ko da yake lokacin damina kan faɗo daga Nuwamba zuwa Afrilu.  Yawancin mutanen da ke zaune a yankunan karkara na arewacin Namibiya sun dogara ne da noman rayuwa, amma ƙasa mara kyau, wadda ta ƙunshi yumbu da yashi, ba ta dace da noman amfanin gona ba. Wannan yana haifar da matsanancin ƙarancin abinci na yau da kullun a waɗannan yankuna.   Waɗannan barazanar sun ta'azzara saboda rashin lafiya sakamakon rashin lafiya, saboda yawancin jama'a ba su da damar samun isassun sabis na likita.  HIV/AIDS ya zama ruwan dare musamman a yankin, inda aka kiyasta kashi 23% na 'yan Namibiya masu shekaru 15 zuwa 49 sun yi gwajin cutar kanjamau.

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