The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said on Thursday Tropical Cyclone Gati made landfall in the semi-autonomous Puntland region on Sunday and subsided on Tuesday, but moderate and light rain continues to fall. Eight Yemeni fishermen had been killed by the cyclone, Mohamed Yusuf Boli, commissioner for the coastal district of Hafun told Reuters. In addition to the deaths, UNOCHA said the cyclone had displaced 42,000 people from their homes. "The cyclone has disrupted livelihoods by destroying fishing gear, killing livestock, and flooding agricultural land and crops." The effect of the cyclone could also be to let the swarms to move south east to Ogaden region and lay eggs there too, the FAO said.

Source: bd News24 November 27, 2020 18:22 UTC