In this image made from video, residents move through floodwaters on a street in the town of Beledweyne, in Somalia Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. First, some families fled drought and violence.

“At once the entire city was underwater. Beledweyne itself became like an ocean,” said shopkeeper Ahmed Nur, whose business was washed away. “Only the roofs of the houses could be seen.

Beledweyne — The central Somali town of Beledweyne continues to witness a harrowing exodus as residents flee their homes for the second consecutive day due to severe floods caused by heavy rains ...

They are not alone. According to the humanitarian group Save the Children, the flooding has forced an estimated 250,000 people, or 90% of Beledweyne's population, out of their homes. Somalia's ...

Relatives and Somali government officials pray near the slain body of Amina Mohamed Abdi, a vocal critic of the government, who was killed in a suicide explosion in Beledweyne, at the Adan Abdulle ...

The administration of Beledweyne should put the issue of floods on top of their strategic work plan and development if any. 3. Somalia needs to engage in some serious and honest discourse with regards ...

Beledweyne, about 335 kilometers (208 miles) north of the capital, Mogadishu, is the capital of the Hiran region and a strategic location in the ongoing campaign against al-Shabab. Death tolls varied.

This article is for subscribers only. At least two people were killed and eight others injured in a hand grenade attack at a mosque in the central Somali town of Beledweyne, police said.

A man carries a sack through floodwater in Beledweyne, central Somalia. Flash flooding in central Somalia has killed 22 people and affected over 450,000, the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA said.

The flooding has forced an estimated 250,000 people, or 90% of Beledweyne’s population, out of their homes, according to the humanitarian group Save the Children, MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP ...