Somalia - 2019 Floods Impact and Needs Assessment

The humanitarian situation in Somalia is deteriorating due to the multiple and simultaneous crises afflicting the country. Currently, it is estimated that 5.2 million persons need humanitarian assistance, and hard-won political and economic gains are being undermined. Substantial flooding along the Shabelle and Juba rivers during October and November 2019 devastated large areas and resulted in loss of life and significant damage to infrastructure, crops, property, and livestock. More than a half million people were affected across 17 districts in the states of Jubaland, Hirshabelle, and Southwest, with an estimated 370,000 people displaced from their homes. The floods, which took place within the context of high levels of pre-existing food insecurity caused by repeated drought and crop failure in recent years, were accompanied by an elevated risk of water-borne disease and associated with the current outbreak of desert locusts in the region. This document provides an overview of the FINA, including the methodology, findings of the sector impact and needs assessment, and sets out a medium-term recovery and resilience strategy for flood-affected areas.