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- Resource ID
- c7a62ca2-bafb-11ec-a07a-0242ac170007
- Title
- Somalia Districts hit by 2015 Tropical Cyclone Megh
- Date
- April 13, 2022, 7:31 a.m., Publication
- Abstract
- 2015 TC Megh struck Berbera and Bossaso Districts in Somalia. The storm orignated from the Arabian Sea causing even more rains in parts of Bari region in Puntland and Somaliland. On November 9, 2015 just days after TC Chapala, TC Megh passed 57 km (36 mi) north of Cape Guardafui, Somalia, where it dropped heavy rainfall 300% of the annual average. Eyl reported 160 mm (6.3 in) of rainfall over 24 hours. The villages hitted in the two districts included, Af Kalahay, Alula, Bareda, BiyoCade, Boolimoog, Dhurbo, Fagoora, Geesalay, Murcanyo, Sayn Weyn, Sayn Yar, Toxin, Xaabo, Baargaal, Bander, Bareeda, Butiyaal, Caluula, Murcanyo, Qandalla, Xaabo and some parts of Xaafun, Biyacad, Bulahar, Ceelsheik and Shacable
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- Responsible
- IGAD_DRM
- Point of Contact
- DRM Team
- disaster-risk-management@igad.int
- Purpose
- --
- Maintenance Frequency
- asNeeded
- Type
- vector
- Restrictions
- None
- License
- Not Specified
- Language
- eng
- Temporal Extent
- Start
- Nov. 8, 2015, midnight
- End
- Nov. 9, 2015, midnight
- Supplemental Information
- TC Megh damaged roads, crops, and schools. Re-estimated population figures after Tropical Megh, showed 4.9 million people were in need of assistance, 308,700 children under-5 were acutely malnourished, of which 55,800 were severely malnourished and 1.1 million remain in a protracted internal displacement situation. Summary of impacts include: People affected: 132,000 People Displace: 3,000 Worst hit people: 800 Destroyed houses: 1,129
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- x0: 44.15095901500007
- x1: 49.911071777000075
- y0: 9.941139221000071
- y1: 11.451388877000056
- Spatial Reference System Identifier
- EPSG:4326
- Keywords
- no keywords
- Category
- Disaster Risks
- Regions
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Africa
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Somalia