The reports coming from Jowhar town in the center of the Middle Shabelle region say that the Shabelle river has flooded several areas under the Jowhar district.
The areas affected by the floods in the Shabelle River are Baarey, Marerey, Kukaay, Mandere, Hawadley and Bayahaw, as confirmed to the media by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture in Hirshabelle, Mohamed Bashir Qasim Daqare.
“Administratively, we have made many efforts to dam, but the river has brought a lot of water and the spring rains have broken the river in many areas where dams have already been made, but we are still making efforts. In Jowhar, there were two neighborhoods that have emerged. water and we managed to close it,” said Minister Daqare.
The floods caused by the Shabelle River in these areas in the Middle Shabelle region came just a few days after the Somalia National Disaster Management Agency and the United Nations OCHA warned of the possibility of floods and floods caused by spring rains and rivers. Jubba Shabelle.
However, the towns of Baledweyne and Bula Burte are among the areas that are currently being threatened by floods from the Shabelle River which has brought a lot of water. While the residents of these cities have not yet recovered from the previous floods.
