Somalia Districts and Villages Affected by 2015 Cyclone Chapala

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)