Identification

Title
Somalia Districts hit by 2015 Tropical Cyclone Megh
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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Publication Date
April 13, 2022, 7:31 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
44.15095901500007
Extension x1
49.911071777000075
Extension y0
9.941139221000071
Extension y1
11.451388877000056
Features

Maintenance Frequency
Data Is Updated As Deemed Necessary
Language
English
Temporal Extent
Nov. 8, 2015, midnight - 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:

  1. People affected: 132,000
  2. People Displace: 3,000
  3. Worst hit people: 800
  4. Destroyed houses: 1,129
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__2015_TCMeg
Metadata Page
/layers/icpac_geoportal_data:geonode:a__2015_TCMeg/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