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The Somali President announced Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud More than a million people were displaced due to floods resulting from torrential rains that the country has been witnessing for weeks, warning of the spread of diseases among the population.
And he bears witness Horn of Africa Heavy rains and floods associated with the phenomenon El Niño The weather conditions that claimed dozens of lives and caused widespread displacement, especially in Somalia, where heavy rains destroyed bridges and flooded residential areas.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said, “Our country is going through a critical stage, and our population has been affected by floods everywhere,” noting that the floods led to the displacement of more than a million people and the death of 101 people in Somalia, which has a population of about 17 million people.
The Somali federal government declared a state of emergency on November 12 to confront the scale of the disaster caused by the floods that affected the residents of various Somali regions and led to the loss of lives and property.
The Horn of Africa is one of the regions most vulnerable to the repercussions of climate change, and extreme weather events have become more frequent and severe, with 120 people killed due to floods in Kenya and 57 people in Ethiopia.
The “Action Against Hunger” (non-governmental) organization said in a statement yesterday, Wednesday, “It is a catastrophic situation. Areas that were struggling to recover from the economic and environmental consequences resulting from a long drought are now being affected by floods as well.”
The Horn of Africa region has just emerged from the worst drought it has witnessed in 40 years, after failed rainy seasons that wiped out crops and livestock. The El Niño phenomenon, which is usually associated with high temperatures, drought waves in some areas, and heavy rains in other areas, is expected to continue until next April.
The League of Arab States has called on all its members and concerned Arab and international organizations to coordinate with the government of Somalia to help it confront the repercussions of the massive floods that the country is witnessing, and to meet the urgent needs of the Somali people, to avoid a further deterioration in the living, humanitarian and economic conditions.
In a statement, the university expressed its deep concern about the living conditions of the population in Somalia, especially after the government declared a state of emergency after it was exposed to two climate phenomena: El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole, which occur once every century, according to the United Nations.
