This is the final report of the Flash Floods Consultancy for the EN basin. The report discusses the flash floods situation in the EN countries, flood types, flash floods prone sites, existing flood EWS, mitigation measures and ends up with guide lines for developing effective flash floods EWS to reduce the loss in human lives and properties in the region.

The present study project aims to ensure a robust forecasting, issuing and warning system that effectively minimize loss of life and damage by enhancing, expanding and developing a unified Flood Forecast and Early Warning (FFEW) system for EN basin. Further, to support other studies under FFEW that contribute in addressing flash flood, stakeholder analysis and flood related DSS development.

The study consists of three separate components. The first was the inception phase. This was mainly done to lay down the foundation of the flood forecasting and early warning programme in the country in regard to nature and status of the flood. The second phase consists of the dynamics, processes and the impacts of the floods. And the final component consists of the specific cases of floods in each and every country of the eastern Nile countries. For the case of South Sudan the third component study concentrated to the flash floods which happened between July and November 2019.