Somalia floods: Dozens dead and thousands displaced after 'worst floods in decades'
- Heavy flooding in Kenya and Somalia has resulted in at least 44 deaths and displacement of over 300,000 people.
- The flooding is a result of the combined impact of two climate phenomena, El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole, and is expected to affect around 1.6 million people in Somalia.
- The situation is considered the worst in decades, even worse than the 1997 floods, and Somalia has declared a state of emergency.
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Once-in-a-century flooding swamps Somalia after historic drought
Around 1.6 million people in Somalia could be affected by the heavy seasonal downpours, which have been worsened by the combined impact of two climate phenomenons, El Niño, and the Indian Ocean Dipole, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said
Somalia swamped by once-in-a-century flooding after historic drought: UN
The United Nations has described floods that uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa following a historic drought as a once-in-a-century event.
Más de un millón de personas afectadas por las inundaciones en Somalia
Mogadiscio, 10 nov (EFE).- Las inundaciones en Somalia causadas por las lluvias torrenciales desde principios de octubre han afectado a más de 1,17 millones de personas, incluyendo cerca de 335.000 desplazados, informó hoy la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios (OCHA)."Los campos de desplazados internos son los más afectados, forzando a muchas personas a un desplazamiento secundario", dijo la agencia este …
Once-in-a-century flooding swamps Somalia after historic drought: UN
The United Nations has described floods that uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa following a historic drought as a once-in-a-century event.
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