800,000 Somalis threatened by flooding displacement: UN

GENEVA, Switzerland: More than 800,000 people in Somalia could be forced to leave their homes over the next three months due to flooding, the UN migration agency warned Wednesday. Somalia is entering a rainy season expected to bring above-average rainfall, worsened by the strengthening El Nino weather phenomenon, the International Organization for Migration said. New projections by IOM and the Danish Refugee Council estimate that 874,319 people could be displaced between October and December, wi