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Regions hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Sagar [Somalia]

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Regions hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Sagar [Somalia]
Description
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System described Cyclone Sagar as one of the strongest storms ever recorded in Somalia. This was a very rare cyclone in the Gulf of Aden that made landfall in north-western Somaliland on 19 May, 2018. This layer shows the occurence of TC Sagar in some regions of Somalia,including Awdal, Togdheer, Sool, Sanaag, Bari, Hiraan, Gedo and Lower Juba.The TC Sagar moved with wind gusts of up to 120 km/hour that delivered a year’s worth of rain to some areas in the north, that is between 150 and 200mm. TC Sagar was reported to have adverse impacts on Somalia regions. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported heavy rainfall, strong winds and dangerous flash floods hitting coastal areas of Puntland and Somaliland. This resulted in the loss of lives, crops and livestock as well as the destruction of property and infrastructure. Recored impacts according to regions included: Awdal, Bari, Sanaag, Sool, Togdheer Number of people affected: 228,000 Number of people displaced: 9,000 Awdal, Hiraan, Gedo, Lower Juba  Number of people affected:830,000 Number of people worst hit:170,000 Number of people displaced: 290,000 Number of people death: 50 Infrusructure destroyed:(20-40)schools and 21 health facilities  
Temporal Coverage
2022
License
http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
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Public
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Files
Language
English
Date Added
December 19, 2023

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    [Creator not found] (n.d.). Regions hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Sagar [Somalia]. . https://data.humdata.org/dataset/1dbc27dc-0214-43ed-a706-c9ace1261711 (dataset)
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