Title
Somalia Humanitarian Situation Report_ November 2015.
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Abstract

UNICEF published this report to highlight the impact of 2015 Tropical Cyclone Megh on Somali women and children. The report cites incidents of flooding causing destruction and displacement of people. It quanitifies the impact of the storm on Somalia.

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Disaster Risks
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Africa , East Africa
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ICPAC
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Data Is Updated As Deemed Necessary
Language
English
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Nearly 42,000 of these were affected by tropical cyclones Chapala and Megh, which made a landfall in Yemen but caused significant damage in some coastal areas of Puntland and Somaliland. Overall, 70 per cent of the regions of Central South Somalia are reported increase in Acute Watery Diarrhoea cases and response to cholera outbreaks in Jowhar, Kismayo and Mogadishu is ongoing.

In response to the floods caused by the Deyr rains, through the Regional Supply Hub (RSH) mechanism, UNICEF provided hygiene kits to support an estimated 12,802 families with means to practice good hygiene and household water treatment. An additional 86,712 families in flood-affected districts benefited from shallow well chlorination and 78,000 people continue to benefit from the daily chlorination of 156 wells in different districts of Mogadishu.

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