11/08/2020
Help Afar region peoples In Ethiopia
Floods Displace 32,000 in Afar
Regional State
Govt. Ethiopia
6 Aug 2020
6 Aug 2020
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Addis Ababa, August 5/2020(ENA) Afar Regional
State Disaster Prevention and Food Security
Program Coordination Office disclosed that 32,000
persons have been displaced due to overflow of
Awash River.
Early Warning and Emergency Response Director,
Aydahis Yasin said the over flooding occurred in six
woredas of the regional state, following the heavy
rainfall this rainy season.
Seven woredas along the Awash River basin are
highly vulnerable to flood, he added.
Though Awash Basin Authority has been undertaking
flood prevention activities in collaboration with the
regional and federal governments, the devastation
happened due to the unusual rainfall, it was learned.
Crops and animals were also damaged in the areas,
Aydahis said.
Out of the 32,000 displaced persons, 17,450 lived
in the five kebeles of Asayta Woreda. The
government has been providing relief for over 1,100
in two kebeles of same woreda.
Some 1,266 persons living in Kolodura and Geleali
Kebeles have surrounded by water since Sunday
due to the overflow of the Awash River.
According to the director, some 63,000 people are
vulnerable to flood while 44,000 are also at risk of
displacement in the lower and middle Awash of Afar
Regional State.