Archive:Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Somalia

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[[Image:Somalia-Puntland.png|right|thumb|200px|Map of Somalia with Puntland roughly highlighted in blue. Hafun is the small peninsula in the northeast.]]
Villages and coastal communities in [[Somalia]], as far as 4,500km (2,800 miles) from the [[epicenter]] of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]] were swept away and destroyed by the resulting [[tsunami]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]]. As of [[January 5]], [[2005]] the confirmed death toll stood at 298. According to presidential spokesperson [[Yusuf Mohamed Ismail]] of the transitional government, more than 50,000 people were displaced.

Most of the damage was in the coastal region of the semi-autonomous [[Puntland]] area, especially the northeastern peninsula of [[Hafun]], 1150km (715 miles) northeast of [[Mogadishu]], in the region of [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]]. In Puntland, rising waters engulfed the town [[mosque]] of Brava and the villages of Beyla, Garacad, Muduy and Nugaal were reportedly destroyed. The UN reported that the water destroyed 1,180 homes, smashed 2,400 boats and rendered freshwater wells and reservoirs unusable. The main bridge connecting Hafun to the mainland was washed away.

== Aftermath ==

Around 12 tons of [[rice]], [[maize]] and [[vegetable oil]] were delivered to Hafun on [[December 30]], four days after the earthquake. Previous attempts to deliver aid failed after trucks were unable to pass tsunami damaged roads near [[Foar]]. The main bridge which connects the Hafun peninsula to the mainland was washed out. The twelve tons were then transferred onto two four-wheel drive vehicles that managed the 60km trip from Foar to Hafun in seven hours. The UN warned that the tsunami had worsened the situation after four years of [[drought]] in northern Somalia and further aid is desperately needed. It has distributed 200 tons of food aid to 12,000 people, but states that food for 30,000 is needed. The UN has four teams in the area and on [[4 January]] appealed for USD 13 million to assist 54,000 Somalis affected by the tsunami. Soldiers from the [[United States]] and [[Germany]], who are based in [[Djibouti]], assisted aid agencies to deliver basic supplies.

Much of the remote 1,000km (600 mile) coast is controlled by various clan-based militias, making obtaining accurate information difficult. The transitional Somali government is based in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] because the capital city of Mogadishu is too unsafe. Prime Minister [[Ali Mohammed Ghedi]] cancelled a trip on [[4 January]] [[2005]], which would have been his first visit to Somalia since being appointed.

==External links ==
=== News Agencies ===
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4147097.stm Somali tsunami victim toll rises], BBC, 5 January 2005
* [http://mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=177267 Somali tsunami death toll climbs], Mail and Guardian, 2 January 2005

=== Forums & Discussions ===
*[http://www.AsianTsunami.org AsianTsunami.org] A forum dedicated to the support of the on-going disaster relief work.

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