National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has warned that heavy rainfall is expected to continue in the coming weeks, raising fears of more flooding across Monrovia and other vulnerable communities.
Speaking during Ministry of Information press briefing on Tuesday, NDMA Executive Director Hon. Atty. Ansu V.S. Dulleh Sr. said recent heavy rains have already flooded several low-lying communities, damaging homes, disrupting businesses, contaminating water sources, and forcing many families from their homes.
Although assessments are still ongoing, the agency says drone surveys and field teams indicate that several thousand people have been affected. Women, children, older persons, and people living with disabilities are among those facing the greatest risk.
In respond to the emergency, NDMA Executive Director said they have activated its national flood response plan. The agency has deployed assessment teams, strengthened emergency coordination, increased public awareness campaigns, and is working with humanitarian partners to position relief supplies and identify safe shelters for displaced families.
The agency is also collaborating with key government institutions, including the Ministries of Health, Public Works, and Local Government, as well as the Liberia National Police, Armed Forces of Liberia, Liberia National Fire Service, Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation, and the Liberia National Red Cross, to ensure a coordinated national response.
NDMA Executive Director urged residents living in flood communities to remain alert, follow weather updates, avoid building in waterways and drainage channels, and immediately report flood-related hazards to local authorities.
The agency emphasized the need for long-term investment in stronger drainage systems, improved early warning services, better land-use planning, and community resilience programs to reduce future flood risks.
Describing climate change as a growing threat to Liberia, Dulleh has called on every citizen to play a role by keeping drainage systems clean, avoiding illegal dumping of waste, and following environmental and public safety regulations.
The agency reaffirmed its commitment to protecting lives and coordinating national efforts to minimize the impact of flooding as the rainy season continues.
The National Disaster Management Agency of Liberia (NDMA) warnings that Monrovia and surrounding areas face extreme flood risks due to continuous heavy rainfall.
The Liberia Metrological service projects that severe downpours will persist over the coming weeks.
The weather crisis has already damaged more than 1,000 homes, contaminated critical water sources, and displaced thousands of residents across Montserrado County.
The NDMA has identified several low-lying coastal areas, wetlands, riverside settlements, and communities with poor drainage infrastructure as being under immediate threat: Doe Community (Dry Land area severely submerged), Kpelleh Town (Bardnersville), Clara Town, Soul Clinic, Paynesville (including Nezoe, 72nd-James N. Davis, and Police Academy), Congo Town Back-Road and ELWA areas. And the Freeport and Slipway areas.
NDMA Executive Director Atty Anus V.S. Dulleh Sr. has urged residents to take immediate action by stop building homes or structures inside drainage channels and designated wetlands, keep community surroundings clean and avoid dumping garbage into public drainage networks, and not to walk or drive through heavily waterlogged roads or flooded alleys.
Other advice is , avoid local open water sources due to a high risk of waterborne diseases like cholera, and monitor early weather alerts and immediately report localized hazards to neighborhood leaders or local authorities.
The government has deployed field assessment teams and drone surveys to locate victims and map highly impacted clusters. The NDMA is coordinating with the Liberia National Red Cross, the Armed Forces of Liberia, and international humanitarian groups to prepare safe emergency shelters and distribute relief items.
