electricsheepafrica/africa-somalia-somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga-a136fabd

Somalia Districts Hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga | Africa (IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC))

48 rows - 1 Africa country/area - 2017 - 6 indicators - Engineered by [Electric Sheep Africa](https://huggingface.co/electricsheepafrica)

TL;DR

This dataset contains 48 rows from IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC), covering Somalia Districts Hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga. It is published as ML-ready Parquet with consistent Hugging Face metadata, source provenance, and analysis-friendly loading examples.

What This Dataset Measures

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Source-provided context: Excel file. 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga struck several districts in Somalia. These include Bai, Lughaye, Zeylac, Laasqoray, Bossaso, Caluula, Iskushuban, Qardho and Garoowe District. TC Sagar originated from Yemen where it had caused flooding and wind damage. On 19 May, 2018 TC Sagar made landfall in north-western Somaliland. It moved with wind gusts of up to 120 km/hour that delivered a year’s worth of rain to some areas that is between 150 and 200mm in some parts of the north. Villages struck by the storm include Lughaya, Zeila, Baki, Bareeda, Caluula, Murcanyo, Gumbax and Xaabo.

How To Read This Dataset

• —One row means: one indicator observation for one geography, time period, and optional source dimensions.
• —Primary geography column: country_iso3.
• —Best time column: year.
• —Time coverage basis: year.
• —Recommended join keys: country_iso3, year, indicator_id.

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Top areas shown below, sorted by row count when available:

Indicators, Variables, Or Resource Contents

• —somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga-fid-2-53b685bb - Somalia Districts hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga - fid 2(sourceunitsunspecified)
• —somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga-objectid-1-fc9ea7d5 - Somalia Districts hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga - objectid 1(sourceunitsunspecified)
• —somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga-shape-leng-7d2a2ba6 - Somalia Districts hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga - shape leng(sourceunitsunspecified)
• —somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga-shape-area-949af9e3 - Somalia Districts hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga - shape area(sourceunitsunspecified)
• —somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga-objectid-2-193e2890 - Somalia Districts hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga - objectid 2(sourceunitsunspecified)
• —somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga-d-018sagara-c81594d8 - Somalia Districts hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga - d 018sagara(sourceunitsunspecified)

Schema

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-somalia-somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga-a136fabd")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
print(df.head())

Inspect Columns

print(df.info())
print(df.head())

Filter By Geography

if "country_iso3" in df.columns:
    sample = df[df["country_iso3"] == "SOM"]

Time-Series Pattern

if "value" in df.columns and "year" in df.columns:
    trend = df.sort_values("year")

Pivot For Analysis

if {"indicator_id", "year", "value"}.issubset(df.columns):
    matrix = df.pivot_table(index="year", columns="indicator_id", values="value")
    print(matrix.tail())

Data Quality Notes

• —Canonical time field: year.
• —Missing values are preserved rather than silently imputed.
• —Column names are standardized for machine use; source meanings are preserved where known.
• —Always confirm source methodology, units, and collection definitions before policy, production, or redistribution-sensitive use.

Source And Provenance

• —Source: IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC)
• —Publisher: IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC)
• —Portal: https://data.humdata.org
• —Resource: Somalia Districts hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga Excel
• —License: CC BY 4.0
• —Retrieved/generated: 2026-08-10T14:51:37Z
• —Hugging Face repo: electricsheepafrica/africa-somalia-somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga-a136fabd

Transformations Applied

• —Converted the source table to Parquet for efficient analytics and ML workflows.
• —Added or preserved source provenance columns where available.
• —Standardized README metadata, dataset loading configuration, schema documentation, and citation format.
• —Preserved source-reported values without analytical imputation.

Suggested Analyses

• —Profile the distribution of values
• —Compare categories or geographies
• —Join with complementary public datasets
• —Build time-series views and period-over-period comparisons
• —Pivot to geography x period or indicator x period matrices
• —Check missingness before modeling
• —Use country_iso3 as the safest geography join key when present

Citation

@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_somalia_somalia_districts_hit_by_2018_tropical_cyclone_saga_a136fabd_2017,
  title        = {Somalia Districts Hit by 2018 Tropical Cyclone Saga | Africa (IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC))},
  author       = {IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC)},
  year         = {2017},
  url          = {https://data.humdata.org/dataset/icpac-geonode-somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-somalia-somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga-a136fabd}}
}

License

Released under CC BY 4.0.

Original data is published by IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC). Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes the data for discovery, loading, and analysis on Hugging Face. Cite both the original source and this ML-ready dataset when used.

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Provenance: README standardized 2026-08-12 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Source URL: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/icpac-geonode-somalia-districts-hit-by-2018-tropical-cyclone-saga