1. Urban flooding in Dakar
Anglais spécialisé
ESU2A
Members:
Alassane Faye
Abibou Ndao
Adama Tine
Khady Diagne
Ndèye Dounde Kelly
2. OBJECTIVES
• What is Flood ?
• CAUSES
• What causes flood ?
• What causes flood in Dakar ?
• Types of flood
• IMPACTS (in Dakar)
• Primary impacts
• Secondary impacts
• Tertiary impacts
• MANAGEMENT (in Dakar)
• Disaster relief
• Wide-ranging sanitation and drainage programmes
3. What is Flood ?
• A natural disaster that occurs when water soaks or
overflows normally dry land
• Flooding can also occur suddenly or gradually
4. CAUSES
• What causes flood ?
• When a stream or river overflows its
banks
• Heavy rain, a faulty dam or levee
• Tsunamis and storm surges
• Ineffective waste management
procedure
• Land subsidence along the coast
• A scarcity of vegetation
• Rapid melting of ice in the mountains
• What causes flood in Dakar ?
