Early warning

Rain and flood alerts

A free SMS when heavy rain is expected, the forecast for today and tomorrow, and what to do to protect your family.

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Receive a free SMS when heavy rain is expected in your Province, City or Municipality (from 30 mm in a day), with the right actions to protect your family. GovCheck uses the weather forecast (Open-Meteo, updated every 3 hours) and the floods and landslides reported by residents.

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Forecast for Uvira

The forecast is not available at the moment. The advice below stays valid.

What to do? Little or no rain

No heavy rain expected: a good time to prepare.

Before the rain

  • Clean the drains and caniveaux in front of your home; never throw waste in them.
  • Keep documents, money, medicines and a torch in a plastic bag, in a high place.
  • Know where you will go if the water rises: a neighbour or a building on higher ground, away from the Kalimabenge, Mulongwe and Kavimvira rivers and the lake shore.
  • If your home is on a hillside, watch for new cracks in the walls or ground and for leaning trees or poles.
  • Store drinking water in clean, covered containers.

During the rain

  • Stay away from the rivers, the lake shore, gullies and steep slopes.
  • Never cross flood water on foot, by motorbike or by car: 15 cm of moving water can knock a person down.
  • Keep children and elderly people with you and away from the water.
  • Switch off the electricity if water comes in, and keep away from fallen wires and flooded poles.
  • If you hear cracking or see the ground moving on a slope, leave at once towards a safe place.

After a flood

  • Drink only treated water: boiled, chlorinated or bottled; wash your hands with soap.
  • Watch for diarrhoea and vomiting (cholera): give oral rehydration solution and go to the health centre at once.
  • Do not go back into a damaged house until it has been checked; beware of electricity.
  • Report the floods, landslides and blocked drains on GovCheck so that the City can act.

Report a flood Report erosion or a landslide

In an emergency, follow the instructions of the City, the Civil Protection and the Red Cross of the DRC. No emergency number has been published on GovCheck yet.

General prevention advice (after the Red Cross / IFRC, OCHA and WHO cholera guidance); follow the instructions of the authorities.