Horn of Africa Floods

The worst floods for years in the Horn of Africa have driven thousands of people from their homes - affecting 1.8 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.

The number of people affected by floods in Kenya has risen to 723,000, the Kenya Red Cross Society said on 28 November 2006.

The worst hit areas are in Somalia at Hiran and Middle Shabeele, Two of the country’s biggest rivers, the Juba and Shabeele burst their banks.

These tragic events are an untimely reminder of the real impact of climate change on poor people and that the developed world must start to take action to prevent further destabilisation of the world weather systems.