- Type:
- Flood
- Date:
- May 4, 2023 CE
- Location:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Deaths:
- 394
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other flood records of 2023 CE
- Libya · 5,300 deaths
- Malawi · 326 deaths
- Rwanda · 127 deaths
- India · 92 deaths
- Somalia · 55 deaths
- Brazil · 46 deaths
Source: Dartmouth Flood Observatory (2025): Global Flood Records v0.9.0, doi:10.5281/zenodo.19288171 · License: CC0 1.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did Flood: Democratic Republic of the Congo (2023-05-04) (2023 CE) happen?
- May 4, 2023 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Dartmouth Flood Observatory (2025): Global Flood Records v0.9.0, doi:10.5281/zenodo.19288171; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 394. Historical death tolls vary by source.