The death toll from flash flooding caused by torrential rains in Somalia has risen to 50, with nearly 700,000 people driven from their homes.
The director of the Somali Disaster Management Agency, Mohamud Abdullahi, with more heavy rains starting on Tuesday, the plight of people in the country is expected to worsen.
“The expected rains between 21st and 24th of November … may cause more flooding which could cause death and destruction.”
He said the Horn of Africa region is experiencing heavy downpours and floods linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon, killing dozens of people and causing large-scale displacement, including in Somalia, where the rains have destroyed bridges and inundated residential areas.
“The floods have made life extremely difficult for children. Ongoing flooding has destroyed homes forcing children and their families to leave their homes, some of whom are now sheltering in makeshift structures in the open. As they move, they are at increased risk of illness,” Kevin Mackey, the organisation’s Somalia country director, said in a statement on Monday.
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