Ethiopia floods hit 1.5 mln people, routing 600,000 from their homes: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 1: Flooding in the last month has impacted 1.5 million people in Ethiopia, displacing more than 600,000 of them from their homes, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.

The UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Somali region accounts for 80 percent of those most affected, including in the Southeast East, Gambela, Oromia, Afar and Sidama regions.