Ambaliyar Benin ta 2008
Ambaliyar ruwa ta Benin ta shekarar 2008 ta afkawa al'ummar Benin tsakanin Yuli da Oktoba 2008, kuma ta shafi sauran kasashen yammacin Afirka kamar Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Nijar da Togo . A cewar kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta kasar Benin, ambaliyar da ta afku a kasar Benin da farko ta shafi mutane kusan 7,000, ciki har da yara 1,560 da suka rasa matsugunansu. kuma ya zuwa ranar 19 ga Agustan 2008 Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO) ta kiyasta cewa ambaliyar ta raba akalla mutane 150,000 da muhallansu. Wasu mutane 500,000 gabaɗaya suna cikin haɗarin ƙarin ambaliya.

Ambaliyar ruwa 
Kogin Mono da kogin Ouémé wanda ke ratsa tsakiyar kasar Benin zuwa babban birnin tattalin arzikin Cotonou da ke gabar teku musamman ya kasance matsala.  Makonni bayan da aka fara ambaliya a watan Yulin 2008, har yanzu ba a kwashe yankunan Cotonou da dama ba, lamarin da ke da matukar hadari ga lafiya ganin cewa ambaliyar ta shafi yankuna masu yawan gaske, kuma kashi 10% na al'ummar kasar na zaune a cikin birnin.  Wakilan majalisar karamar hukumar Cotonou da ofishin WHO na Cotonou da ma'aikatar tsaftar jama'a da harkokin jama'a ta Benin, sun bukaci a ranar 15 ga watan Agustan 2008 cewa, ana bukatar shirin kwashe mutane da matsugunan su, ganin cewa ana sa ran za a yi guguwa mai tsanani a watan Satumba da Oktoba. 

A ranar 15 ga Satumba 2008 rahotanni sun bayyana cewa gundumar Adjohoun ta sami matsala sosai sakamakon ambaliyar kogin Ouémé . Yankin da ke zama kwarin noma mai albarka, ya yi barazana ga rayuwar mutane kusan 57,000.  An fara ambaliya kamar yadda aka yi a wasu wurare a karshen watan Yuli amma guguwa a farkon watan Satumba ta kara tsananta a yankin. Fiye da hekta 25,000 na filayen noma ne ambaliyar ruwa ta mamaye, inda ta kashe wasu dabbobi 30,000 tare da ambaliya gidaje 18,000 a cikin gundumar.  Kimanin mutane 2,000 ne suka rasa matsugunansu a yankunan Azowlissé, Dèmè, Gangban, Kogé da Togbota ban da Awonou, dake nesa da kogin. A cewar wani jami’in majalisar, yayin da kasar Benin ke yawan fuskantar ambaliyar ruwa, musamman a shekarun 1995 da 2007, ambaliya ta 2008 ta yi barna musamman ga rayuwar al’ummar Beninois, “Mutane ma ba za su iya cin abinci sau uku a rana ba. Ko samun abinci sau daya a rana ciwon kai ne. A al'ada, ana saye da sayar da kayayyakin noma a nan kan farashi mai kyau. Amma yanzu abubuwa sun canza."  Magajin garin Adjohoun na yankin, Gerard Adounsiba, ya bukaci neman tallafin kasa da kasa don samar da abinci da magunguna a cikin abin da a cewarsa, "mafi girman rikicin jin kai a yankin ya zuwa yanzu."  Lamarin dai ya ta’azzara ne saboda yadda ambaliyar ruwa ta shafa asibitocin yankin.  Haka kuma rayuwar masuntan yankin da suka dogara da kogin ya yi mummunar illa.

Martani 
Wani bangare na matsalar ambaliya shi ne, wasu kalilan da suka mutu sakamakon ambaliyar ba sa son barin gidajensu a Cotonou.  Gundumar Vossa ta cika da ruwan ambaliya kuma an tura tawagar agajin bala'i daga WHO zuwa gundumar Ayelabadje na birnin yayin da hukumomin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya suka hada kai da gwamnatin Cotonou domin fitar da ruwa da share tituna a babban birnin kasar.  Tun daga ranar 30 ga Yulin 2008 Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya ta ba da rahoton bullar cutar kwalara guda 192 a Cotonou kuma ta taimaka wajen bayar da dalar Amurka 20,000 ga kokarin da gwamnati ke yi na magance cutar kwalara.  A cewar Dr. Eric Laroche, Mataimakin Darakta-Janar na WHO, "Ambaliya ta yammacin Afirka na shekara-shekara tana kawowa tare da su ba kawai barazanar cututtuka masu yaduwa ba, amma yana kara jefa rayuwar mutanen da ke fama da rashin abinci mai gina jiki saboda matsalar farashin abinci. "  Ambaliyar ta kara barazanar kamuwa da cutar sankarau da zazzabin rawaya tare da yin barazana ga kimanin mutane miliyan 5 da ke dauke da cutar kanjamau a yammacin Afirka.  Cutar zazzabin cizon sauro, gudawa da cututtuka na numfashi, da rashin abinci mai gina jiki sun yi barazana ga al’ummar da ke zaune a bakin kogin.

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