Somalia – Flash Floods in 2 Regions Leave 9 Dead
Torrential rainfall in Somalia has triggered deadly flash floods in 2 regions of the country in the last week. Despite the recent rainfall, many parts of the country, in particular…
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Somalia – Flood Victims Face Escalating Food Prices and Disease Outbreaks
A recent report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that floods caused by heavy rainfall in Somalia have led to an interruption of humanitarian…
Somalia – Floods Affect Over 60,000
Parts of northern Somalia and areas along the Juba and Shabelle River basins in Somalia and in the Ethiopian Highlands have experienced heavy rains following the start of the Deyr…
2,500 Evacuated after Shabelle River Overflows in Somalia
After the flood predictions last week, the Shabelle River has burst its banks in Beledweyne, Hiran province, Somalia, forcing 2,500 from their homes. The heavy rainfall in river catchment areas…
Shabelle River Floods Warning in Somalia
Within the last 48 hours, heavy rains has been experienced in the upper parts have warned that heavy rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands over the last 2 days has increased…
Floods Kill 3 Children in Somalia Refugee Camp
Floods in the Somalia port city of Kismayo have killed 3 people – all children – and left 100s homeless. The area has seen heavy rain and flooding for the…
Shabelle River, Somalia
Dalsan Radio in Mogadishu, reported on 25 November that the Shabelle River in the Middle Shabelle region, had again started to flood and that thousands of people in nearby areas,…
Somalia Floods Update
A statement from the Puntland government said that the death toll from the recent storm there could be as much as three times higher than the original estimate of 100.…
Tropical Storm Floods Somalia
Somalia has suffered further flooding just days after the Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, appealed to the international community to provide assistance for the victims of floods that had ravaged…
Somali President visits Flood-hit Jowhar
The town of Jowhar is the capital of the Middle Shabelle region in southern Somalia, about 90km north of the capital, Mogadishu. It lies in the valley of the Shabelle…
50,000 Displaced in Somalia Floods
Flooding has continued in Somalia during May, 2013, with reports of 7 children dying and as many as 50,000 people displaced. The floods are a result of the Gu rains…
