Floods have forced hundreds of residents in Gedo region’s Bardere district to flee their houses on Monday following heavy rains in the district.
About 1,500 families have fled from the eastern parts of Bardere to other parts of the district, according to Radio Ergo’s local reporter, who is among those displaced from their homes.
The residents are worried that their town will be underwater if the rains continue.
“The food prices are dramatically rising as there are no vehicles transporting commodities and goods from Mogadishu to the district due to the floods,” said Mohamed Sheikh Ali Nor, a resident of Bardere. He added that the floods had cut off all the roads connecting the town to other parts of the country.
At least two people have so far been confirmed dead in the floods, while eight others have been injured and 18 homes destroyed.
