this place, kismayo, is a port town. it has been bitterly fought over.litants from the lethal al-qaeda affiliate al—shabaab overran the place. it was retaken by the somali army about a decade ago, but the threat hasn't gone away. al—shabaab forces still surround the town. the front line is just 60km away. it means the town is like an island — cut off from the rest of the country, but not from the weather. the year after the drought, somalia was hit with terrible floods caused by rains reckoned to have been made twice as intense thanks to human—caused global warming. the floods killed hundreds of people and displaced more than a million more. it wrecked farms and killed yet more animals. children crying and because the country is divided by conflict, it is even harder to deal with the consequences of these climate shocks. every day, a steady stream of mothers bring in their sick babies and children to this hospital in kismayo. many have risked crossing the front line to get here. all of them are hungry. the un has developed a special classification for di