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MAP: Weather Hazards Impacts Assessment for Africa (Nov 27 - Dec 3, 2008)
27 Nov 2008
Source: FEWSNET
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Heavy rains during the first half of November caused the Wade Shabelle and Genale rivers in the Somali region of Ethiopia to burst their banks, displacing thousands of people.

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A newly displaced Somali woman with her children arrive in Ealasha Village, some 15 km south of Mogadishu, January 4, 2009. At least seven people were killed in fighting between rival ...


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