Wanlaweyn (RBC) At least four kids, three of them boys dead after heavy Rain-triggered floods overflowed their homes in Wanlaweyn district, Lower Shabeller region of Somalia on Monday, RBC Radio reports.
Dozens of homes were also destroyed by the floods which started on Sunday after heavy rains battered the district. Many residents of Wanlaweyn begun to flee from their homes with the fear additional flooding by the ongoing rains.
Wanlaweyn district commissioner had made urgent appeal to the central government and aid agencies in order to help the homeless families wrecked their homes by the floods.
Floods have been recurring in the past six weeks in many parts of south and central Somalia region following the torrential rains that continue in the country. Similar flooding was reported from Jowhar town in the Middle Shabelle region as well as Beledweyn of central region of Hiiraan.
RBC Radio
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