Figure 1.19: Countries with the most new displacements by disasters in 2016 Absolute numbers Relative to population size Source: IDMC, with UN Population Division data 38 GRID 2017 There were no sub-Saharan African countries among the 10 to experience the largest-scale or relatively largest-scale displacement in 2016 (see figure 1.19). Significant sudden-onset disasters did occur, however, and the displacements they triggered compounded the impacts of other natural and man-made hazards, including drought, coastal erosion, land degradation and conflict. families.118 Floods across various areas of Sudan in August displaced 123,000 people, including around 22,000 households whose homes were destroyed and a further 1,700 whose long-term housing was also destroyed in displacement camps in Nierteti in central Darfur.119 DRC, which was the country with most new displacements associated with conflict in 2016, was also hit by floods that displaced around 127,000 people.120 In Ethiopia, heavy rains and exceptional floods displaced about 300,000 people in April and May after 18 months of severe drought and food insecurity.117 They also hampered the delivery of food aid and recovery assistance for pastoralist If displacement associated with slow-onset disasters were included in our estimates, particularly those related to drought conditions and food insecurity, the figures for Africa would be significantly higher.