Flooding in Yemen leaves 57 dead and thousands displaced

Flooding in Yemen has left not less than 57 folks lifeless and hundreds displaced, the UN has mentioned.

Greater than 34,000 households have been affected by the heavy rains, which started in late June and intensified in early August, based on the UN humanitarian affairs workplace (OCHA).

It has worsened the nation’s “already dire humanitarian scenario” as thousands and thousands grapple with the impression of a civil battle that started practically 10 years in the past, the UN body added.

“The magnitude of this catastrophe is overwhelming, and the humanitarian wants are huge,” mentioned Matt Huber, the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM)’s performing chief of mission in Yemen.

Areas affected by the flooding embody Hudaydah, Hajjah, Taiz and Marib.

Hudaydah is among the many hardest hit areas. Flooding there has displaced greater than 6,000 households and brought about widespread destruction to properties and important companies, based on the UN.

Roads have been closed and entry to affected areas remained difficult, the physique added.

The IOM says it’s ramping up emergency operations within the nation.

Home media has additionally been reporting on the devastation brought on by the heavy rains within the nation.

Citing a physique answerable for displacement camps within the province, native and privately-owned information channel Belqees TV mentioned 5 folks had died and 10 others injured in Marib.

In the meantime, unbiased web site Al-Masdar On-line accused the nation’s Houthi rebels of staying silent on the destruction in areas underneath their management within the Hudaydah province.

The Houthis are an Iranian-backed insurgent group which considers Israel an enemy.

Al-Masdar On-line mentioned the “greatest catastrophe” had occurred within the districts of Hudaydah province.

Yemen has been devastated by a conflict that escalated in 2015, when the Houthis seized management of enormous elements of the nation and a Saudi-led coalition of Arab states launched a army operation to revive President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi’s rule.