SOMALIA Flash Flooding Update #3 As of 5 May 2020

Situation Overview

At least 16 people have died while over 200,000 people have been affected by torrential rains and riverine floods since the Gu’ (April-June) rains started in Somalia four weeks ago. Ten other people are missing due to floods and at least 2,000 farms have been swamped by water. The most impact has been felt in Puntland where a heavy downpour on 27 April killed eight people and displaced more than 22,000 people, Galmudug where six people have died and approximately 22,000 others are affected by floods, South West State where over 100,000 people have been affected by floods, and Jubaland with more than 11,800 flood-affected displaced families reported in Lower Juba region.