Heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding has led to fatalities, massive displacement, and damage to infrastructure and cropland.
Needs are expected to increase in displacement sites and riverine areas in the near term.
Based on results of assessments conducted across Somalia in June and July 2017 by FSNAU and FEWS NET, in collaboration with government and other partners, levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition will remain high in Somalia through the end of the year. In the worst-case scenario where humanitarian assistance is scaled down substantially, food prices increase sharply, and the Deyr rains perform poorly, Famine (IPC Phase 5) is possible.