The reports reaching us from areas of the Ethiopian Somali Regional Government say that there was snow and strong winds yesterday.
Reports say that areas between the cities of Jigjiga and Wajale have been hit by snow and strong winds.
The chairman of the village of Awbare Saxane Yusuf Barkhadle, who spoke to the BBC, said that it was the first time that snow was seen falling like stones in that area.
“I have been in the Qabalah administration for 15 years, and I was there 30 years ago. I have never seen it, and people in their 70s and 80s have not told me about such winds. The weather has been very cold in recent days and people and animals have been burned.” lit up,” said governor Saxane Yusuf.
He also noted that the ice settled at a distance of 10 KM between Gobyarrey and Haroreys areas, which covered all the roads, but no loss of life was reported as a result of the storm and the snow, apart from damage to a center for examining people and traffic. , and the roofs of the houses, some of which were destroyed by the wind and snow.
The storm and the snow that has fallen in the last few hours in the areas of the Somali autonomous region of Ethiopia are related to the climate crisis in the world.
The people living in the areas between Jigjiga and Wajale are talking a lot today about the snow and the accompanying winds that fell there yesterday, fearing that the storms and snow will return again.
