After drought, rains bring devastation to Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The African country of Somalia, which had been plagued by extreme drought for 40 years, is now struggling with rains and flooding.
The United Nations has called for urgent humanitarian action to help Somalia.
The drought had killed 40,000 people in the country. Now, floods have displaced thousands and destroyed what few crops remain in the fields.
Reports said there are acute food shortages in the affected areas.
Flooding has so far displaced 25,000 people near the capital, Mogadishu, and in southwestern state.
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that only $793 million, or just 30.5% of funding, has been allocated for aid delivery this year.
According to the agency, $2.6 billion is needed to meet the needs of 7.6 million Somalis.
The situation in the Horn of Africa country will continue to deteriorate if emergency aid does not reach all those in need. The organization warned that El Nino and a positive dipole in the Indian Ocean will again cause heavy rains and flooding in October.
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