Save the Children says that 23 people have died from cholera in eastern Ethiopia after flooding.
The UK relief agency said that over 770 people have gotten cholera in the Somali region within the last two weeks. This area has been hit the hardest by the recent flooding and heavy rains.
The heavy rain has affected 1. 5 million people in the country. 600,000 people have had to leave their homes because of the rain, according to the UN.
However, only 10% of the people who need help are getting it because Ethiopia doesn’t have enough money to help everyone.
Save the Children said that more than 90 districts in Ethiopia have cholera. They think that the situation could get worse because more rain is coming in at least three regions.
The big rains in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya happened because of two weather patterns called El Niño and Indian Ocean Dipole.
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Ethiopian cholera outbreak claims at least 23 lives – UN
