WATCH: Disease stalks Somali district ravaged by floods

"The toilets were destroyed and even the tap water is now mixed with the dirty flood water which includes leaking septic tanks."

In Summary

• The floodwaters in the southwestern Somali district of Dolow may have started to recede -- for now -- but distraught families who have lost their homes, their livelihoods in the muddy deluge are now at risk of potentially fatal disease. 

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