DAM EASY - Flood Protection

2.9 SOUTH AMERICAN FLOOD PROTECTION MARKET In South America, for example, 560,000 people were affected by floods on average each year between 1995 and 2004. By the following decade (2005-2014) that number had risen to 2.2 million people , nearly a four-fold increase. In the first eight months of 2015, another 820,000 people were affected by floods in the region.

2.5 million people affected by flooding per year that has increased four-fold since 2004

3.0 AFRICAN FLOOD PROTECTION MARKET Floods, droughts, tropical cyclones, and landslides continue to cause heavy damage and losses to

livelihoods. Over the last two decades, these disasters have cost the continent US$10 billion dollars . Given the increasing climate variability, these disasters are projected to increase in frequency and intensity.

More than a million people across a swathe of 17 African countries are suffering the effects of severe floods every year. – B.B.C.

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