At least 50 individuals have been killed and 70,000 individuals displaced from their properties as flash floods hit Somalia, with scenario anticipated to worsen Tuesday.
The Horn of Africa area is experiencing torrential rainfall and floods linked to the El Nino climate phenomenon, claiming dozens of lives and inflicting large-scale displacement, together with in Somalia, the place the downpours have destroyed bridges and inundated residential areas.
“Fifty people died in the disaster … while 687,235 people were forced to flee their houses,” Somali Disaster Management Agency director Mohamud Moalim Abdullahi mentioned at a press briefing Monday.
“The expected rains between 21st and 24th of November … may cause more flooding which could cause death and destruction,” he added.
On Saturday, the U.N. humanitarian company OCHA mentioned the variety of individuals displaced by heavy rains and floods in Somalia “has nearly doubled in one week,” whereas 1.7 million individuals total have been affected by the catastrophe.
“In addition, roads, bridges and airstrips have been damaged in several areas, affecting the movement of people and supplies and leading to increased prices of basic commodities,” OCHA mentioned.
British charity Save the Children on Thursday mentioned greater than 100 individuals, together with 16 youngsters, had died and greater than 700,000 have been compelled from their properties in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia attributable to flash flooding.
The Horn of Africa is among the areas most susceptible to local weather change and excessive climate occasions are occurring with elevated frequency and depth.
The area is rising from the worst drought in 4 a long time after a number of failed wet seasons that left hundreds of thousands of individuals in want and devastated crops and livestock.
Humanitarian teams have warned that the scenario is just prone to worsen and referred to as for pressing international intervention as El Nino is anticipated to final till a minimum of April 2024.
Source: www.dailysabah.com