"WFP is making plans to assist up to 30,000 Somalis affected by the tsunami for the next six months," Ms Melo said.
"A total of 2,700 tons of food aid worth $US2.8 million have been requested for the operation."
The impoverished country lacks any effective disaster-response mechanism, having been ravaged by anarchy since 1991 when dictator Mohammed Siad Barre was toppled, plunging the nation into lawlessness.
Accordingly, insecurity is widespread and basic infrastructure has been ruined.
