Floods kill 33 people in southeastern Ethiopia since October

ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Some 33 people have died due to floods in southeastern parts of Ethiopia since October this year, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).

"Floods, since rains started in October, have affected at least 763,100 people across several regions and 33 lives lost in the Somali region alone, and immense damage has been brought to health, transportation, school infrastructure and livelihoods," the UNOCHA said in an Ethiopia flash floods update issued late Thursday.