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English Situation Report on Somalia about Agriculture, Drought, Flash Flood and more; published on 13 May 2021 by FAO

Disaster description Heavy Gu season rains have hit various parts of the country over the last week, triggering flash floods and inundating vast swathes of land, but the short-term forecast suggests the heavy rainfall will begin to subside from mid-May onward. Reports indicate that at least 25 people have been killed due to the heavy rains including nine children who died after their house flooded in Banadir on 7 May, and four people killed by lightening in Puntland on 5 May. In Middle Shabelle region, riverine flooding has affected an estimated 25,000 people in 15 villages in Jowhar, displac...

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FAO warns of high risk of severe flooding in Somalia Format At least 150,000 people face flood warnings as river levels rise 8 May, 2021/Mogadishu – Thousands of people in Somalia are at immediate risk from imminent floods as river levels in parts of the country continue to rise. The Shabelle River has risen at an alarming rate over the past week due to unprecedented and excessive rains. Rains on the upper parts of the Ethiopian highlands are causing large volumes of water to flow rapidly towards Somalia. As with the previous 3 years, FAO's SWALIM flood bulletin released today, warns of a f...

Occupied Palestinian territory and Israel In a statement issued today on the escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Israel, the Humanitarian Coordinator in the oPt, Lynn Hastings, has warned that the situation will likely increase humanitarian needs, in particular in the Gaza Strip, following years of the Israeli blockade, Palestinian political divisions and recurrent escalations. Humanitarian Coordinator Hastings said that the recent escalation has already seen children and other civilians killed and injured and it must stop to avoid more deaths and injuries. ...