UN warns of high risk of flooding in Somalia


By AbdiLin Jing
  • World
  • Sunday, 25 Aug 2024

MOGADISHU, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Several communities in Somalia are at imminent risk of flooding as river levels continue to rise in central parts of the country, a UN agency warned in a flood advisory issued Saturday.

Projections by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Somalia Water and Land Information Management (FAO-SWALIM) indicate a risk of flash floods and riverine floods despite the absence of rain in Somalia and eastern parts of Ethiopia.

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