The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Somalia.
- November 5 - The Red Cross aids the victims of the Somali flood.[1]
- November 13 - The death toll of the Somali flood increases to 500.[2]
- November 14 - Another 125 people are reported to have died during the Somali flood.[3]
- November 17 - The death toll of the Somali flood reaches 2,000.[4]
- November 23 - Food packets are dropped in southern Somalia for the flood victims.[5]
- December 2 - The Somali flood report says that tens of thousands struggle to survive and people are hardly getting any help.[6]
- December 3 - 1997 Somalia flood
- The floodwaters increase panic in Somalia as it threatens thousands of lives.[7]
- The flood has been reported to have now affected over a million people.[8]
- December 5 - United Nations helicopters arrive to aid Somalia during the flood.[9]
- December 15 - The flood of Somalia eases as more people get emergency help.[10]
- December 22 - After the floods, aid agencies in Somalia get concerned over the risk of cholera.[11]
- December 25 - Hussein Mohamed Aidid and Former President Ali Mahdi Mohamed sign a power sharing pact to discuss forming Somalia's first central government for six years in the next two months.[12]
- December 26 - Egyptian President Husni Mubarak told visiting Somali faction leaders that he will help rebuild Somalia.[13]
