Residents are fleeing on trucks, buses and donkey carts
International aid agencies are warning of an "unfolding humanitarian catastrophe" in parts of Somalia after recent fierce fighting in the capital.
The UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) says about 36,000 have fled Mogadishu since Saturday and the worsening security means relief cannot be given to them.
And World Vision says the situation has "intensified" compared to previously.
This comes as Somalia faces further uncertainty after its prime minister, Ali Mohammed Ghedi, resigned on Monday.
World Vision Somalia's operations director Graham Davison who is based in Nairobi told the BBC's Network Africa programme that the situation in Mogadishu, "has intensified", and has "increased to a height that we haven't seen in previous occasions".
And about the newly displaced, Mr Davison said: "They're suffering without food, sanitation, without water, without shelter. And the majority of these people are women and children."
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