EU NAVFOR monitors World Food Programme vessel Juist on her way to deliver aid to Somalia

[Deeq A.]

While Somalia is facing one of the world’s biggest public health threats from COVID-19, the country is also struggling with floods in the north that have killed 24 people and are affecting over 700 000 people in 24 districts. These floods have also displaced almost 283 000 people in the area. All 6 states have suffered the effects of this flash flood that occur annually as a result of the Gu rains, which is a monsoon like rainfall Hirshabelle, Jubaland, Southwest and Puntland states being the most affected.

Source: Hiiraan Online