Over 1.9 mln people at risk of flooding across Ethiopia: UN

ADDIS ABABA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) warned on Friday that over 1.9 million people across Ethiopia are at risk of flooding as the rainy season begins.

In Ethiopia's Somali region, the most flood-prone region in the East African country, over 1.2 million people are expected to be affected by floods, with 773,000 facing displacement across the region, according to the latest Ethiopia humanitarian situation update issued by UNOCHA on Friday.