Cyclone Pawan News Today

Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet Somalia Format Somalia is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change and extreme weather. Without anticipatory preventive approaches, these factors are likely to exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and reduce the people’s livelihood options, which in turn may have negative impacts for stability and security in Somalia. More frequent and intense droughts and floods undermine food security and worsen livelihood conditions in Somalia, adversely aff...

Somalia Humanitarian Bulletin, December 2020 [EN/SO] Format HIGHLIGHTS • Renewed climatic shocks: Desert Locust infestation in new areas; at least 500 pastoral families displaced in Puntland due to water shortages in parts of Puntland and Somaliland. • Since 16 March 2020, 4,690 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 127 associated deaths, have been reported in Somalia. • Humanitarian access further complicated by climatic events and the condition of infrastructure such as road...

Farmers in central Somalia cope with back-to-back threats Ali’s village in central Somalia often faces flooding, but this time, two cyclones also brought a rapid multiplication of locusts, yet another major threat to the food security and livelihoods of farmers in this area. ©FAO/Arete/Ismail Taxta 15/01/2021 In December 2019, Cyclone Pawan hit Ali Mahamud Rubaax’s village of Dharkeynley in Beletweyne, central Somalia. The storm’s rain caused the river levels to ...

English Situation Report on Somalia about Agriculture, Contributions, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 31 Dec 2020 by OCHA