Death Toll From Flooding in Somalia Climbs to Nearly 100

Flooded fields following heavy rains in Baidoa, Somalia, on Nov. 16, 2023. Feisal Omar/Reuters

MOGADISHU—The number of people killed by floods from heavy rains in Somalia has climbed to 96, state news agency SONNA said on Saturday.

“Somalia’s flood death toll climbs to 96,” SONNA said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, adding the figure had been confirmed by Mahamuud Moallim, the head of the country’s disaster management agency.