Heavy mid-season rainfall has caused extensive flooding across several areas in the region, affecting approximately 930,000 people, including some 300,000 who were displaced from their homes.
Despite the current humanitarian response, the extent of the crop land inundated by these floods will likely result in total loss of production and significant food gaps, particularly for poor households, during the 2015/16 consumption year.
Emergency life-saving services including the provision of food, shelter, and safe water are needed for the affected households.