According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on Thursday, there were 257 deaths and 500 expected deaths from floods in Ethiopia.
On Tuesday, Ethiopia’s National Disaster Risk Management Commission put the death toll at 229.
A disaster caused death in the Gofa area in Southern Ethiopia local state on Sunday night after heavy rain, and a second one caused death to those who had gathered to support on Monday morning.
125 people are currently living in the network societies while 12 people who suffered injuries were transported to Sawla Hospital for treatment.
With the assistance of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society and community people, local authorities are leading search and rescue operations, which involve primarily digging through dirt mounds with their bare fingers and spades in search of different options. According to information gathered from local officials, the death toll is anticipated to rise to up to 500.
According to the OCHR, the number of persons affected rose to 15, 515 as of 24 July up from 14, 000 reported on 23 July. These people need to be ejected from safe areas right away because they are extremely vulnerable to further floods.
Amongst these are at least 1, 320 kids under 5 years of age and 5, 293 pregnant and postpartum women. An evacuation plan is being developed in collaboration with local and radial government.
