Flooded Plain, Salyac, Somaliland

Drone shot of a flood plain in Salyac, Somaliland

  • Image ID 56030961
  • Production Year 2023
  • Length 00:00:08
  • Production Company Afro Stories
  • Resolution
  • FormatMP4
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Synopsis

Saylac (also called Zeila, Zaila or Zayla) is a district of Somaliland located in the western Awdal region.A historical port town located in the extreme northwest Somalia, on the Gulf of Aden.In 2023 Somalia experienced extreme weather variations including one of the worst droughts in 40 years followed by floods caused by torrential rainfall, exacerbated by climatic phenomena like El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole.


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Afro Stories


Additional Credits

Jefferson Kahinju