Flooding in East Africa affects more than 1 million people, and a tropical storm threatens to make an already dire situation worse.
More than 1 million people in East Africa are affected by flooding after heavy rains, an aid group said Friday. Parts of the region are bracing for a tropical storm, Kyarr, that could worsen an already dire humanitarian situation.
“We desperately need help here from anyone who can help us. Things are bad, and help needs to come fast before it is too late,” said Mohamed Hassan, one of thousands of people displaced in Beledweyne, Somalia. In Kenya, government spokesman Cyrus Oguna said 38 people have died as a result of about a month of flooding. The torrential rain is uncommon for this time of year, he said. Experts have said the changing weather patterns have a huge impact because close to 100% of the country’s agriculture depends on rain to water crops.
People in many of the areas already faced acute malnutrition as South Sudan emerges from a five-year civil war. “I am extremely concerned about the humanitarian consequences of the floods,” said Alain Noudehou, the U.N.'s humanitarian coordinator in the country.Experts called the floods a worrying sign of how climate change is affecting already vulnerable communities.
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