At least five have been killed in Hiran region following heavy floods inundated the region.
Hirshabelle authorities on Sunday announced that the floods displaced the entire residents of Beledweyne town after their houses were submerged.
Speaking to the media, the governor of Hiran region, Abdullahi Ahmed Moalim said the intensifying floods have so far killed five people in Beledweyne town and its environs.
Moalim pointed out that some of the victims have been drowned after the floods washed away their houses.
“Five people including two children were killed by the floods after River Shabelle broke its banks in Beledweyne town,” said Moalim.
The governor called on the government and humanitarian aid agencies to urgently respond before the situation turns into tragic.
“We urge the Federal Government and humanitarian agencies to help these flood victims in the region. People have no place to sleep, clothes, clean water to drink, food and medicine,” said the governor.
He warned the floods would cause diseases such as water-borne diseases.
“Due to lack of clean water, there could be an outbreak of water-borne diseases like diarrhea and cholera as well as malaria,” he noted.
Somali government on Saturday formed a committee to monitor the situation of the flood-affected residents in central Somalia.
The 22-member committee who was also tasked to spearhead the government’s effects to rescue flood victims will be headed by Mahdi Mohamed Guled, Somalia’s deputy Prime Minister.
In a statement on Sunday, Council of inter-state cooperation said the floods displaced thousands of people across the country.
“The floods have seriously affected all basic services and livelihoods of people living along riverine villages destroying homes, food stocks, crops, water wells. It also displaced over 150,000 households,” reads the statement.
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