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Over five hundred families displaced by Floods in Fanweyn

Storyline:National News

Villages in Gedo region were flooded spawned by heavy downpour Monday night, dislocating hundreds of villagers, residents said.

The floods swept away dozens of huts, submerged other in Fanweyn village located 55km outside Garbaharey town and the main roads linking the area to other towns became inaccessible, according to the locals.

Over five hundreds of residents in affected village were forced to evacuate to higher ground and seek shelter at village centers.

Adan Dakane speaking to Goobjoog News said that the area witnessed a continued heavy downpour since Monday.

He said the district administration has been having a hard time attending to the needs of displaced families. He added the number of affected families was being validated.
“The displaced families have yet to recover from floods that hit their village” he said.
Sahro Ahmed, a mother of seven children said that due to outbreak of diarrhea in the area, three her children have been hospitalized.

“The heavy rains have been pounding since Monday. Two of my children are now hospitalized with Diarrhea and there is no medicine in the dispensary. My traditional house was submerged by the floods” she said.

He pointed out that the rains were accompanied by severe winds that lasted for more than four hours.

For decades, torrential rains and floods have devastated Somali regions and weakened a population already suffering from the ravages of civil war and recurring drought.