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Somalia District hit by 2019 Tropical Cyclone Pawan

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Somalia District hit by 2019 Tropical Cyclone Pawan
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2019 Tropical Cyclone Pawan struck Eyl and Qurdho Districts in Somalia. TC Pawan was intially named Tropical Storm 06A which originated from northern Indian Ocean. TC Pawan spread its clouds as far northwest as Oman and Yemen on its way to Somalia as observed by NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). It made landfall in Somalia on 7th December 2019 on the Coastal side of Puntland. The storm influenced Somalia's weather patterns. Heavy rain and wind gusts of 80 km/h were reported in the region. Somali Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) said some areas in Puntland recorded more than 3 times their long term mean annual rainfall during the storm. Eyl District recorded a total of 260mm in two days. Villages struck by the storm include Dangorayo, Karkaar, Hafun, Iskushuban, Baargaal, Quandala and Alula in Bari Region. 2019 TC Pawan had adverse impacts on Somalia. It was reported that 35,600 households, representing a population of 213,600 people had been affected. 2 people died following floods in Las Qoray (Sanaag Region). Roads connecting the town to the rest of the region were damaged. In central Somalia, River Shabelle flooded displacing over 1,500 people. Summary of impacts according to affected districts: Eyl,Qardho, Qandala: People Affected: 213600 (35600 HH) i.e. pastoralists 15,000 HH, fishing communities 7500 HH, rural-urban settlements 11600 HH including IDPs, farmers 1500 HH Household destroyed: 31500 (5250 households)
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ICPAC
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The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2019-12-06 to 2019-12-08
Date Issued
2023-12-15
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Public
Date Added
December 19, 2023
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The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.

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    ICPAC (2023). Somalia District hit by 2019 Tropical Cyclone Pawan. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/d0619271-3e3a-41d7-860e-a84033588c8e (dataset)
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