Floods in HORN OF AFrIcA affect 1.8 million people
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:09 am
Torrential rains and floods have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in the Horn of Africa.
Up to 1.8 million people have been affected by the heavy rains, according to UN aid agencies.
Roads and bridges have been washed away, and homes destroyed in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
In the latest reports from the region, the UNHCR refugee agency said rising waters had uprooted more than 78,000 people in northeast Kenya and completely cut off three refugee camps near Kenya's border with Somalia.
The floods in southern Somalia have been described as the worst for 50 years...................
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/ ... 6E7599.htm
Up to 1.8 million people have been affected by the heavy rains, according to UN aid agencies.
Roads and bridges have been washed away, and homes destroyed in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
In the latest reports from the region, the UNHCR refugee agency said rising waters had uprooted more than 78,000 people in northeast Kenya and completely cut off three refugee camps near Kenya's border with Somalia.
The floods in southern Somalia have been described as the worst for 50 years...................
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/ ... 6E7599.htm