{"id":3738,"date":"2019-11-02T08:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T08:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=3738"},"modified":"2019-11-03T07:30:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T07:30:49","slug":"close-to-30000-now-displaced-by-floods-as-more-homes-submerged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/11\/02\/close-to-30000-now-displaced-by-floods-as-more-homes-submerged\/","title":{"rendered":"Close to 300,00 now displaced by floods as more homes submerged"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) –<\/strong> At least 273,000 people had to flee severe flooding of the Shabelle River in Somalia, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in a report on Friday,\u00a0Anadolu\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n

Calling for urgent humanitarian aid, the report said residents of the worst-affected region of Beledweyne\u00a0were\u00a0\u201csheltering under trees or in emergency tents after their makeshift homes were washed away by floods caused by torrential rain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFloods have destroyed more than three-quarters of Baladweeyne [Beledweyne] and submerged many surrounding villages. These are extremely poor parts of Somalia, where there is now no electricity and no safe drinking water. Livestock has been lost and agricultural production has been decimated,\u201d Victor Moses, the NRC\u2019s\u00a0Somalia\u00a0director, was quoted in the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur team is extremely worried about at least 30,000 vulnerable people displaced by flash flooding in Bardale, further south. These communities will need immediate response to survive and long-term support to recover,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

the country is already ravaged by drought, which has contributed to the displacement of around thousands of people so far this year. Vulnerable communities become more dependent on humanitarian aid and find it harder to recover,\u201d said Moses.<\/p>\n

The NRC cited figures by the UNHCR and NRC-led Protection Returns and Monitoring Network (PRMN), according to which some 273,000 people in October alone have been displaced by flooding. In the recent flooding-related crisis, the total number of displaced people in Somalia over a combination of floods, drought, and armed conflict so far this year climbed to 575,000 people, according to the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cFood reserves have been destroyed,[\u2026]displaced people, particularly children, mothers and the elderly are at a high risk of hunger and illness. Water-borne diseases such as cholera could erupt and spread quickly. Stagnant waters are a breeding ground for mosquitoes and could result in a malaria outbreak,\u201d Moses warned.<\/p>\n

Highlighting the obstacles caused by ongoing armed conflict, Moses noted that Beledweyne as well as the entire region of\u00a0Hiran\u00a0\u201chave not received sufficient humanitarian support due to ongoing security risks and the prevalence of armed actors in the area.<\/p>\n

Source: Radio Dalsan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – At least 273,000 people had to flee severe flooding of the Shabelle River in Somalia, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in a report on Friday,\u00a0Anadolu\u00a0reports. Calling for urgent humanitarian aid, the report said residents of the worst-affected region of Beledweyne\u00a0were\u00a0\u201csheltering under trees or in emergency tents after their makeshift homes were …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,22,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-displacement-and-asylum","category-environment-and-disasters","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t