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Floods and Drought Displaced Over 1 Million People in Somalia in 2022, IOM Says

Floods and drought have displaced more than 1 million people in Somalia in 2022.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) issued these latest numbers on Friday, November 11.

IOM Somalia issued a statement showing the number of people left displaced since the start of the year.

In the statement, IOM says that over 1 million people fled from their homes when floods and drought got worse.

Those displaced are from different parts of the country.

IOM said that severe drought forced over a million people to move.

Many of those who left their homes ended up at camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) around the country.