Overall Green alert Flood
in Somalia

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 4304
Glide number: FL-2015-000145-SOM
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Somalia
From - To 15 Oct - 28 Oct

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 9 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Guinea: Climate Prediction Center’s Africa Hazards Outlook October 29 ... Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:12:00 +0100.

- Mostly near-average conditions have been observed across West Africa during this past week. - Heavy rain continues for portions of southern Ethiopia and Somalia, raising flooding concerns in East Africa. 1) Poorly distributed rainfall ha
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Africa: Climate Change Lacks 'The Immediacy of Now' in Conflict Zones ... Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:18:00 +0100.

Barren barley and wheat fields stretch across the dry landscape of northern Afghanistan, the result of persistent drought and flash flooding that has left thousands of people facing food shortages and loss of work. Climate change is a core
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Climate change lacks 'the immediacy of now' in conflict zones - expert ... Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:26:00 +0200.

BERLIN, Oct. 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Barren barley and wheat fields stretch across the dry landscape of northern Afghanistan, the result of persistent drought and flash flooding that has left thousands of people facing food shorta
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Climate change lacks 'the immediacy of now' in conflict ...Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:22:00 +0200.

BERLIN, Oct. 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Barren barley and wheat fields stretch across the dry landscape of northern Afghanistan, the result of persistent drought and flash flooding that has left thousands of people facing food shorta
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