800,000 Somalis threatened by flooding displacement: UN
The UN migration agency warns that over 800,000 people in Somalia could be displaced by severe flooding in the next three months, exacerbated by above-average rainfall and the El Nino phenomenon. The agency has only secured 14% of the $16.62 million needed for preparedness and response, urging urgent international funding.
Why it matters
This highlights a critical and imminent humanitarian crisis in Somalia, driven by climate change and natural phenomena, underscoring the urgent need for international aid to prevent widespread displacement, loss of livelihoods, and further suffering in an already vulnerable region.
GENEVA, Switzerland: More than 800,000 people in Somalia could be forced to leave their homes over the next three months due to flooding, the UN migration agency warned Wednesday.
Somalia is entering a rainy season expected to bring above-average rainfall, worsened by the strengthening El Nino weather phenomenon, the International Organization for Migration said.
New projections by IOM and the Danish Refugee Council estimate that 874,319 people could be displaced between October and December, with flooding accounting for 92 percent of the projected displacement.
“We are looking at the possibility of hundreds of thousands of people losing their homes in just a matter of weeks,” said Manuel Marques Pereira, the IOM’s Somalia chief of mission.
“Many of these families have already been displaced before and have very little left to fall back on.
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