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Thousands flee homes after flooding devastation

Jamal Ali Abdi has seen flooding in Beledweyne before but never on the scale witnessed this month when the Shabelle River burst its banks, causing devastation to the central Somali town and displacing almost the entire population.

As water gushed through the streets, Ali’s home was soon surrounded by murky brown flood water.

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