liland Struck By Tropical Cyclone, Kills Fifteen

Cyclone hits liland

Tropical Cyclone Leads To Properties Destruction

Report has it that the Tropical cyclone sagar that struck the environs of liland has led to the death of fifteen people in the Africa state over the weekend.

Abdirahman Ali, governor of the Awdal area told reporters on Sunday that, “In the last 24 hours, heavy stormy rains killed 15 people in the districts of Lughaya and Baki,”

“The liland government has started giving emergency help to the victims.”

liland which is situated at the northern tip of east Africa on the Gulf of Aden, broke away from lia in 1991.

Meanwhile, in Puntland, a semi-autonomous northeastern region of lia, storms caused by the cyclone took away two men and their car from a valley in the city of Bosaso, Yusuf Waeys, the governor of Bari in Puntland told Reuters on Sunday.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs revealed that thousands of people have been affected by the flooding, leading to their displacement and the destruction of infrastructure in Sagar’s wake.

“The cyclone has worsened the humanitarian situation in the two states and disputed regions, which have experienced protracted drought dating back to 2015, leaving them particularly prone to flash flooding in the direct aftermath of massive downpours,” the UN said in a statement.

Puntland and liland have been engaged in conflict over the disputed Sool region for more than 10 years. People who live there are divided over which side to support.

On Thursday, dozens of people were killed in clashes between troops from the two sides.

“Due to the dispute over the regions of Sool and Sanaag and lack of access to some affected areas after the destruction of roads, the situation of affected populations and impediments caused by blocked roads and failed communications, the extent of the damage is yet to be fully confirmed,” the UN said.