Rescue and relief efforts are underway in Somalia following historic flooding that has left at least 22 people dead and affected more than 460,000 people, the United Nations says.
People walk through floodwater in Beledweyne, central Somalia, on May 14, 2023.following historic flooding that has left at least 22 people dead and affected more than 460,000 people, according to the United Nations.
"Floods have washed away livestock, inundated farmland and displaced an estimated 219,00 people," Petroc Wilton, the head of communications at WFP Somalia, told ABC News. "We have been using chartered flights, boats and tractors to get into flood zones."At least 22 people have been killed, according to Somalia’s Disaster Management Agency .
Ezana Kassa, the head of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Somalia. "Livelihoods have been destroyed and the risk of water borne diseases are on the rise."Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP via Getty Images "I am at a loss for words at the suffering of my people who have been going through so much without release," Najima, whose family was forced to flee from Hirshabelle, told ABC News. "My aunt and my cousins have lost everything, their family photos, their valuables, their entire lives."
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