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Affected countries: Somalia
Several parts of Somalia - especially the south - have been affected by flooding following heavy rains across Somalia and the Ethiopian highlands starting with the beginning of the rainy season in April 2013. Flash floods in Wanlaweyn district in Lower Shabelle led to loss of property, damage to...
Affected countries: Somalia
The central Somalian city of Belet Weyne and surrounding areas were flooded late at night between 27-28 Sep 2012 when extremely heavy rains caused the already swollen Shabelle River to overflow. The flooding killed 25 people and displaced 20,000. Over 5,000 livestock drowned. More rain is expected...
Affected countries: Somalia
Heavy rains and flooding in southern Somalia starting in Oct 2011 displaced 1,000 households and impeded delivery of humanitarian aid (OCHA, 18 Oct 2011). By the end of Dec 2011, the Deyr rains had subsided in many parts of the Lower and Middle Juba...
 
The Horn of Africa crisis of 2011-2012 affected 13 million people. The main focus of the crisis was across southern Ethiopia, south-central Somalia and northern Kenya. Regional drought came on top of successive bad rains and rising inflation. It ramped up a chronic livelihoods crisis into a tipping...
Affected countries: Somalia
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Affected countries: Somalia
Affected countries: Somalia
Affected countries: Somalia
Affected countries: Somalia
Affected countries: Somalia