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Somalia flood response: Health Cluster flood response (as of 14 November 2019)

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Localized rainfall coupled with heavy rains in the Ethiopian highlands led to increasing water levels in the Shabelle and Juba rivers in southern Somalia, causing widespread flooding in low-lying riverine communities. An estimated 540,000 people have neen affected, of whom 370,000 have been displaced from their homes.