Heavy seasonal rains have caused flashfloods in central . The UN says up to 250,000 people have been displaced.
EDnews informs via the Guardian that heavy flooding in central Somalia has forced almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes according to the government.
The Shabelle river which runs through the town of Beledweyne burst its banks and submerged the town after heavy rain.
"At once the entire city was underwater. Beledweyne itself became like an ocean," shopkeeper Ahmed Nur told Reuters news agency.