Heavy rains that triggered flash flooding in Somalia have caused around half a million people to flee their homes and killed more than 30 people.
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Heavy rains that triggered flash flooding in Somalia have caused around half a million people to flee their homes and killed more than 30 people, a minister said on Sunday.
"Half a million of people have fled from their houses due to the flooding," said Information Minister Daud Aweis, warning that 1.2 million others could be affected. The UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, last week said that the country was facing "once-in-a-century flooding" and warned that 1.6 million people could be affected.
El Nino last occurred in 2018-2019 and was followed by an exceptionally long La Nina -- El Nino's cooling opposite -- which ended earlier this year.
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