Since February 16, Botswana has been experiencing widespread floods caused by heavy rainfalls.
Locations of affected areas in Botswana.
Water body monitoring shows enlarged 1.275 km2 area and 28.653% water body before (on Feburary 22, 2025) and after (on January 17, 2025) the flood in Caborone district. (Red dotted rectangular shows the Caborone dam.)
Water body monitoring shows enlarged 2.763 km2 area and 406.204% water body before (on Feburary 22, 2025) and after (on January 17, 2025) the flood in Catron district.
Colored IR image by FY-2H shows that there are still multiple heavy convections over Botswana at 20:00 (UTC) on Feburary 25, 2025.