Somalia Districts and Villages Affected by 2015 Cyclone Chapala
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Description
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) provided this geospatial data mapping the Berbera and Bossaso districts of Somalia struck by Tropical Cyclone Chapala in November 2015. The data identifies specific villages and records the impact on 4,000 people, including the loss of 3,200 livestock and damage to public infrastructure. It covers the strongest tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Aden, which produced maximum wind speeds of 130 knots.
Use Cases
Spatial analysis of cyclone impact zones using SHP boundaries for Berbera and Bossaso
Quantifying agricultural loss by aggregating livestock mortality figures for sheep, goats, and camels
Disaster response modeling based on the displacement of 4,000 individuals across recorded villages
Strengths
Village-level granularity for over 20 named locations including Baargaal and Xaabo
Multi-format support including SHP, GEOJSON, CSV, and XLSX
Official data sourced from a joint inter-agency rapid assessment
Limitations
Geographic scope restricted to two districts in Somalia
Lack of explicit column definitions in the source metadata
Temporal staleness as data reflects a specific 2015 event
Provenance
Source
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC)
Collection Method
Joint inter-agency rapid assessment
Time Range
2015
Geography
Somalia (Berbera and Bossaso Districts)
Users may need to join CSV impact statistics with SHP files using district or village names to perform a full spatial visualization of the damage.