On April 21, 2024, Tanzanian police said that heavy rains have continued throughout the country since April. The worst-hit provinces were Maritimes and Morogoro, where nearly 12,000 people were affected, thousands of houses and more than 70,000 hectares of crops were damaged.On May 3, 2024, the chief spokesman of the Tanzanian government, Mobarre Martini, said that sustained heavy rains since April have killed 161 people in Tanzania