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At least 100 people are feared dead after a storm hit the coastal areas of Somalia's northeastern autonomous state of Puntland over the weekend, local authorities said on Monday.
Officials in Puntland said the storm, which made landfall on Saturday morning, "wreaked death and destruction across its path along the vast coast."
"Information collected from coastal areas via irregular telephone contact over the past 48 hours indicates that up to 100 persons might have been killed, while hundreds of other people remain unaccounted for," a statement from the local administration said.
The statement added that the storm effected "vast coastal area of Puntland," particularly between Eyl, Beyla, Dangorayo, and Hafun Districts in the Garduush area along the eastern coast, to Alula District at the tip of the Horn of Africa, along the northeastern coast of Puntland."
Authorities declared disaster emergency and called for international support, saying that it has established Puntland Disaster Management and Rescue Committee to organize and coordinate relief efforts.
Officials say that the storm left widespread destruction in areas that was hit in the northeastern coast of Somalia and the affected people "are in need of emergency supplies of clean water, nonperishable foods, medicines, emergency shelter materials, and blankets."
"Preliminary information also indicates that homes, buildings, boats and entire villages have been destroyed and over 100,000 livestock lost, endangering the livelihoods of tens of thousands of local people," the local authorities said.
Local officials say that relief efforts are being organized and that makeshift shelters in interior villages were being established for people displaced by the storms. The officials also appealed to local residents to send donations and relief supplies to help those affected.
