Over 1000 livestock have been killed and houses and boats were destroyed after the tropical cyclone Sagar hit Northern Somalia, UN confirmed.
The cyclone which built up in Yemen’s Socotra Island has caused heavy rains in the last 48 hours leading to the displacement of thousands of people.
Reports say IDPs have been forced to shelter in schools, hospitals and mosques in several Parts of Northern Somalia.
The UN Office for coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Tropical Cyclone Sagar with heavy rains have been pounding the areas in last two day.
“Villages have been inundated with heavy floods following heavy rains in Northern Somalia,” said OCHA in its Flush Update on Tropical Cyclone Sagar.
The office said in Puntland, heavy rainfall was observed in the northern area of Bari, with Bareeda, Caluula, Murcanyo, Gumbah, and some parts of Haabo being among the worst affected areas.
“Around 35 houses and 15 small boats were destroyed, while 56 camels, nearly 1,260 goats and sheep and 19 donkeys died. In the ancient coastal town of Lasqoray, houses in Habarshiro and Ceel Buh were also affected by flash flooding,” said the UN.
The UN pointed out that huge ocean waves were experienced in coastal areas on Thursday and Friday, with most of the affected people displaced or moved to higher ground.
Sagar was named by UK Meteorological Office on Wednesday, after beginning life as a tropical depression (1A) in the Gulf of Aden.
The UN office adds the forecast appears to be as severe as the 2013 Somali Cyclone, but slightly below the severity of the 2008 Yemen Cyclone.
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