Country: Angola Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Please refer to the attached file. Description of the EventDate of event07-01-2025What happened, where and when?Bairro Paraíso, Municipality of Cacuaco, Luanda Province, registered on January 7, 2025, 25 suspected cases of cholera, of which 5 died. Until January 8th, more than 30 suspected cases were recorded. On January 8th, the Ministry of Health held a meeting to launch the 2025 National Response Plan to Control Cholera, requesting partners, including Angola Red Cross, to support with the planned response. By June 28th, 2025, cases had increased to 27,008, with 759 deaths and a Case Fatality Rate of 2.8%. The situation is improving, with a reduction of 47% in cases reported in the last week of June and only in 10 provinces (out of 18 that have reported cases at some point of the epidemy)At the same time, the start of the year coincided with the rainy season in Angola, with documented ooding across numerous provinces of the country. Combined with heavy rainfall, poor sanitation and limited access to clean water, there is an increase of risk of outbreaks of cholera and other waterborne diseases, especially in children. The rainy season in Angola is underway, INAMET - National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, predicts above-average rainfall for the current rainy season. Since the start of the year, multiple risk alerts for imminent ooding have been issued on the Disaster Alert platform across various provinces, including Luanda and those at higher risk of diseases outbreak. Flooding risk according to IFRC risk watch, remains through the month of May for Angola. Reports from Provincial Government indicated multiple impacts of oods including lives and livelihoods lost or damaged, as well as houses and public infrastructure across various provinces. While these provincial reports do not have disaggregated data by date of ooding event, but cover seasons across years, they still show impacts from the oods. On May 7th, the NS submitted a qualitative assessment carried out by the NS with support from this DREF operation on the vulnerabilities and risks of people aected by oods and cholera across 6 provinces. This report was accompanied by ocial government data (where available and with various time periods). The qualitative assessment from the NS indicates that across the rainy season, there has been signicant loss of livelihoods in communities, and an increased risk of disease outbreaks. The most reported needs are those of reinforced shelter as homes are built with weak materials, household items such as mosquito nets, health and hygiene items such as soap and clean water, and food (given loss of agricultural inputs and ongoing food insecurity across Angola). Data from the government indicates there have been deaths and injuries and thousands of houses damaged or destroyed. However, the impacts are not linked to 1 specic event, but to entire seasons worth of ooding. While the impacts of the oods cannot be linked to a single ooding event, the May 7th report from NS is the ocial request for support for the impact of the oods and continued cholera response as oods worsen cholera. By end of June, most of ooded areas have already dried, while households have come back to their areas, needs are still high due to the loss and the impact of oods.