At least seven people have died and the main roads were cut after heavy rains caused floods in the capital of Somalia, Mogadiscio, on Friday night due to an overrated drainage system and a growing urban population.
The regional administration spokesman Abdinasir Hirsi Idom, told The Associated Press on Saturday that rescue efforts were in Onoing.
“The death toll could increase because the rains were heavy and lasted several hours, which caused nine houses to collapse in different neighborhoods, and at least six main paths to suffer serious damage,” he said.
Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP 
Somalia has suffered in the past Extreme climatic shocks That includes prolonged dry stations that have caused drought and heavy rains that have resulted in floods.
Friday’s rains continued for approximately eight hours, leaving waters to the waist in the neighborhoods where some residents were trapped and others were forced to move to a higher land.
A resident, Mohamed Hassan, told the AP that some older people were still trapped.
“We spent the night on the roofs, trembling from the cold, and I make a breakfast briefly,” he said.
Floods also damaged the key infrastructure, stopping public transport and temporarily interrupting operations at the main airport, Aden Abdulle International Airport. Later, the authorities confirmed that the flights had resumed operations.
The Somali Disaster Management Agency has not yet published an official number of deaths, but said the evaluation was underway to determine the scope of the damage.
The country’s ministry of energy and water in a statement on Saturday said: “A substantial amount of rain was recorded, exceeding 115 mm, in more than 8 consecutive hours” and warned of sudden floods in other regions outside the capital.
