In the northern part of the Republic of Congo, heavy rainfall has been observed since September 2021, when the rainy season had just begun. According to the Government's satellite data, the rains of 29 November 2021 caused a significant rise of the water level of the river by 2.4m above the riverbed and led to the total or partial flooding of several villages, neighbourhoods and districts. The departments most affected were Likouala (Bétou, Epéna and Dongou districts), Sangha, Cuvette and Plateaux.

In the northern part of the Republic of Congo, heavy rainfall has been observed since September 2021, when the rainy season had just begun. According to the Government's satellite data, the rains of 29 November 2021 caused a significant rise of the water level of the river by 2.4m above the riverbed and led to the total or partial flooding of several villages, neighbourhoods and districts. The departments most affected were Likouala (Bétou, Epéna and Dongou districts), Sangha, Cuvette and Plateaux. In addition to these affected localities in the countryside, several neighbourhoods in the cities of Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville were affected, where several thousand people were forced to leave their homes and lost their livelihoods. In response to this disaster, the Congolese government declared a state of emergency by letter No. 210844/PM/CAB of 29 November 2021.

Summary of the current response Overview of the Host National Society's response From the beginning of the disaster, the two CRC departmental branches deployed 300 volunteers in all affected areas to carry out emergency relief activities and 100 in the affected localities of the Cuvette and Plateaux. In coordination with CRC headquarters, the following activities were undertaken:

• - First aid and evacuation of the injured, with 78 people rescued and transported to the almost non-existent health centres in Makotimpoko and the transport of 54 seriously injured people from Loboko to the health centres in Tchikapika and Oyo, which were themselves overwhelmed and affected.
• - The search of missing persons and management of mortal remains in Cuvette and Plateaux
• – indeed,15 people drowned by surprise with the sudden rise in water levels, 06 bodies were taken to Tchikapika and buried with the assistance of CRC volunteers and 9 people reported missing.
• - A team of 7 volunteers in the Cuvette department and 5 volunteers in the Plateaux department trained in basic knowledge of Restoring Family Links (RFL) as part of the RFL/CRC-ICR programme. They oversee RFL issues, particularly in the search for missing persons and the psychosocial care of abandoned elderly people. These 2 RFL teams work under the supervision of the NS RFL Coordinator;
• - A group of 20 volunteers in each department has been deployed to search for cases of diarrhoeal diseases in the communities. - Participation in