United Kingdom: Warning level 2/3 for South Devon coast at Beesands

• On 25 – 26 April, Banadir region in south-eastern Somalia experienced heavy rainfall that caused widespread flooding and disproportionately affected low-lying IDP settlements in Dayniile District.
• According to UNHCR, more than 4 000 people, the majority of whom are children, were displaced by the flood events. This includes households who were already forced to displace by conflicts in Middle Shabelle and are now displacing again for the second time because of weather extremes. Essential shelters and infrastructure suffered damage.
• Shelter and NFIs, food assistance and protection are among the most critical services needed among the newly displaced.
• For the next 48 hours, moderate to locally heavy rainfall is forecast over southern and south-eastern Somalia

• The floods affecting large parts of Afghanistan since 25 March have resulted in casualties and widespread damage.
•  According to UN OCHA, hundreds of people died and were injured. 60 000 people have been confirmed as in need of assistance, out of the 73 300 initially affected. Floods have also impacted 61 health facilities across five provinces (Kandahar, Zabul, Badghis, Logar and Nangarhar), and several schools have been damaged, in different provinces.
• Humanitarian partners are providing assistance to those affected. Of the people identified, 31 100 have so far received humanitarian support. Further to the needs based interventions by partners, ECHO made available an additional EUR 175,000  to support the DREF by IFRC, through which the Afghan Red Cross (ARCS) is providing support for shelter, health and WASH.
• Over the next 48 hours, moderate precipitation is in the forecast across northern and north-eastern Afghanistan.

• During the past week, heavy rain has battered Ceará in Brazil’s northeast, causing the Coreaú River to flood, and resulting in fatalities, damage, and traffic disruptions.
• By 27?April, media reported a fatality in Tianguá after a hotel collapsed and at least one death in Fortaleza when a highway-side crate gave way, sending a car and two motorcycles into the hole. Repair works are under way on the Fortaleza-Aquiraz road, which has suffered additional traffic disruptions and submersions. 
• The National Institute of Meteorology issued a danger alert for more than 40 Ceará cities, and the municipality of Coreaú declared a state of emergency on 27?April, remaining under attention on 28?April. 
• Forecasts call for isolated moderate rain over the next 48?hours in the already-affected area, with a yellow alert for heavy rain still in force across northern Brazil as of 29?April.