Somalia swamped by once-in-a-century flooding after historic drought: UN

Internally displaced Somali children wade through flood waters outside their makeshift shelters following heavy rains on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, on November 2023. © REUTERS - FEISAL OMAR

The United Nations has described floods that uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa following a historic drought as a once-in-a-century event.

Around 1.6 million people in Somalia could be affected by the heavy seasonal downpours.