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Somalia Regions hit by 2015 Tropical Cyclone Chapala

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Somalia Regions hit by 2015 Tropical Cyclone Chapala
Description
On November 2, 2015 Cyclone Chapala entered the Gulf of Aden as the strongest tropical cyclone on record. The storm dropped heavy rainfall in Puntland and Somaliland. This layer shows the occurence of TC Chapala in two Somalia regions: Bari and Woqooyi Galbeed Provinces. TC Chapala first made a landfall in Yemen; however, its effects were also felt across the Gulf of Aden in Somalia where extensive rainfall was experienced in the Northern Bari region in Bosaso district, Puntland. TC Chapala was characterized by heavy rainfall that had adverse impacts in the regions. It resulted to death of over 25,000 animals and left thousands of people homeless, leaving some local nomadic tribes without any food. Impacts recorded included: Number of people affected: up to 80% of the population. Number of people worst hit: 500 families(4000ppl) Number of people displaced: 4000 Livestock destroyed: 3,000 sheep and goats and 200 camels
Creator
ICPAC
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2015-11-02 to 2015-11-05
Date Issued
2023-12-15
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Public
Date Added
December 19, 2023
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.

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    ICPAC (2023). Somalia Regions hit by 2015 Tropical Cyclone Chapala. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/04c98cff-e56d-4159-97d4-551060dd6b05 (dataset)
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