Identification

Title
Somalia District hit by 2019 Tropical Cyclone Pawan
Abstract

2019 Tropical Cyclone Pawan struck Eyl and Qurdho Districts in Somalia. TC Pawan was intially named Tropical Storm 06A which originated from northern Indian Ocean. TC Pawan spread its clouds as far northwest as Oman and Yemen on its way to Somalia as observed by NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). It made landfall in Somalia on 7th December 2019 on the Coastal side of Puntland. The storm influenced Somalia's weather patterns. Heavy rain and wind gusts of 80 km/h were reported in the region.

Somali Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) said some areas in Puntland recorded more than 3 times their long term mean annual rainfall during the storm. Eyl District recorded a total of 260mm in two days.

Villages struck by the storm include Dangorayo, Karkaar, Hafun, Iskushuban, Baargaal, Quandala and Alula in Bari Region.

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Publication Date
April 13, 2022, 8:29 a.m.
Type
Vector Data
Category
Disaster Risks
Information used for appropriate actions for future use of the land. Examples: land use maps, zoning maps, cadastral surveys, land ownership.
Regions
Africa, Somalia
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
DOI
None
Attribution
ICPAC
Responsible

Name
IGAD DRM Team (IGAD_DRM)
email
disaster-risk-management@igad.int
Position
Data Risk Management
Organization
ICPAC
Location
Nairobi KEN
Voice
None
Fax
None
Information

Identification Image
Spatial Extent
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Projection System
EPSG:4326
Extension x0
49.04105758700007
Extension x1
50.176136377000034
Extension y0
7.399170170000048
Extension y1
10.560875893000059
Features

Maintenance Frequency
Data Is Updated As Deemed Necessary
Language
English
Temporal Extent
Dec. 6, 2019, midnight - Dec. 8, 2019, midnight
Supplemental Information

2019 TC Pawan had adverse impacts on Somalia. It was reported that 35,600 households, representing a population of 213,600 people had been affected. 2 people died following floods in Las Qoray (Sanaag Region). Roads connecting the town to the rest of the region were damaged. In central Somalia, River Shabelle flooded displacing over 1,500 people.

Summary of impacts according to affected districts:

Eyl,Qardho, Qandala:

  1. People Affected: 213600 (35600 HH) i.e. pastoralists 15,000 HH, fishing communities 7500 HH, rural-urban settlements 11600 HH including IDPs, farmers 1500 HH
  2. Household destroyed: 31500 (5250 households)

 

Spatial Representation Type
vector data is used to represent geographic data
Contact Points

Name
IGAD DRM Team (IGAD_DRM)
email
disaster-risk-management@igad.int
Position
Data Risk Management
Organization
ICPAC
Location
Nairobi KEN
Voice
None
Fax
None

References

Link Online
/layers/icpac_geoportal_data:geonode:a__2019_TCPawan
Metadata Page
/layers/icpac_geoportal_data:geonode:a__2019_TCPawan/metadata_detail

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Metadata Author

Name
IGAD DRM Team (IGAD_DRM)
email
disaster-risk-management@igad.int
Position
Data Risk Management
Organization
ICPAC
Location
Nairobi KEN
Voice
None
Fax
None