Floods in Ethiopia displace hundreds of thousands as more rains forecast - U.N.

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NAIROBI, Dhu-AlQa'dah 21, 1437, August 24, 2016, SPA -- More than 600,000 Ethiopians have fled their homes since March, largely due to flooding, the United Nations said on Wednesday, with more rain predicted up to December, Reuters reported. Almost 300,000 people were displaced between March and June due to floods, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in its latest update. Others were displaced by inter-communal conflict in Ethiopia's southern Oromia and Somali regions. Many of the people who fled the floods have since returned home but more than 10,000 families are still displaced and need emergency shelter and household basics, it said. Heavy rains have delayed emergency food aid deliveries to 85,000 flood affected people in Somali region, it said. --SPA 14:57 LOCAL TIME 11:57 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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