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• 4 million people, or 53% of the Somalia population, are in crisis countrywide - an increase from 3.7 million people in July; 3.3 million are in need of lifesaving assistance. (FSNAU/FEWSNET)

• Of the 4 million in crisis, 3 million people are in the southern regions of Somalia, a 7% increase from 2.8% million in July; 2.6 million of them are in need of lifesaving assistance. (FSNAU/FEWSNET)

• 750,000 people are famine-affected, a 66% increase from 350,000 in July (FSNAU/FEWSNET)

• Hundreds people are dying every day due to the famine in the southern regions; at least half of these are children. (FSNAU/FEWSNET)

• Potential cholera, Malaria and Measles outbreaks could exacerbate the situation leading to more deaths in the coming rainy season from October - December.(FSNAU/FEWSNET)

• Famine has now been declared in Bay region of Somalia, the sixth area along with southern Bakool, parts of Middle Shabelle, Lower Shabelle, IDPs in the Afgooye Corridor and IDPs in Mogadishu. (FSNAU/FEWSNET)

• Without large-scale interventions, famine will likely spread to agropastoral and riverine areas of Gedo, the Jubas, and Hiraan, the Shabelles and Hiraan regions over the coming four months. (FSNAU/FEWSNET)

• Emergency conditions will persist well into the first quarter of 2012. (FSNAU/FEWSNET)