Effects Of El Niño On Communities In Southern And Central Somalia: Rains Expected To Cause Severe Flooding, Displacement And Loss Of Livelihoods

For Immediate Release

― October 8th 2015 ― El Niño conditions are expected to severely hit Somalia during this year’s September to December rainy season (Deyr rainfall). This is likely to lead to a wetter than normal season with a very high risk of flooding in parts of the country. Members of the Somalia NGO Consortium have today warned that the effects of the increased rains will further deteriorate an already desperate humanitarian situation in Somalia. Between 500,000 - 900,000 people living alongside the Shabelle and Juba rivers are at risk of being affected by flooding. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that this year's El Niño could mirror the 1997-98 weather patterns that left large parts of southern Somalia underwater and killed an estimated 2,000 people...read more... 

http://somaliangoconsortium.org/docs/key/17/2015/1444231189.pdf