Today’s Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features floodwater rising along the banks of the Shabelle River near the Ethiopia-Somalia border. The river runs from the Ethiopian Highlands across Somalia to the Indian Ocean. After nearly three years of severe drought in the region, heavy rains in March 2023 led to deadly flash flooding that claimed dozens of lives and impacted more than 300,000 people in Ethiopia and Somalia. The rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands caused flash flooding along the banks of the Shabelle and Juba rivers. Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory–—By Chrissy Sexton, Earth.com EditorCheck us out on EarthSnap, a free app brought to you by Eric Ralls and Earth.com.

Source: Ethiopian News April 18, 2023 11:01 UTC