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Somalia: Weather prediction saves lives, livelihoods


December 28, 2020
MOGADISHU, Somalia
When a 62-year old nomad Ali khadar Hagi was moving with his goats and camels in search of grazing grounds in the northeastern province of Puntland in Somalia, he got a text message warning him about a flash flood.
He immediately changed the track and moved to a safer area.
“If it was not the early warning message, flash floods could have swept my cattle and even all of us and I am not sure if I could have recovered,” he told Anadolu Agency.
Off late nomads and farmers are reaping benefit from an early warning weather system put up by Puntland’s Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Agency (HADMA). ....

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Early warning system helps farmers survive floods and droughts


Climate change is making these natural disasters worse. In response, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has helped set up the Drought Operations Coordination Center in Garowe, which issues warnings to communities facing flooding and droughts, particularly farmers and herders.
Abdullahi Abdirahman, General Manager of Puntland’s Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Agency (HADMA), which runs the centre, explains what happens when they get advance notice of a flood: “We send warnings to communities living by streams and in low-laying areas and raise awareness through radio, TV and SMS messages.”
In 2017, when floods came to Qarxis village, about 60km from Garowe, the system saved lives. ....

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