2020 Yemen flood

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2020 Yemen Flood
DateAugust 2020
LocationYemen
Deaths172

The 2020 Yemen flood was a flash flood that killed at least 172 people in Yemen and damaged homes and UNESCO-listed world heritage sites across the country, officials said.[1]

In the mainly government-held Maʼrib Governorate east of the capital Sanaa, 19 children were among 30 people killed by the floods, a government official said.[2][3][4][5]

  • The flood started as a result of torrential heavy rain. The people aren't used to heavy rains nor torrential floods, which caused a crisis
  • The flooding hit the western province oh hodeiah the hardest. → with 13 deaths (just in this province) → more than 35 houses destroyed

By 7 August, the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Sana’a reported that 131 people had died and 125 had been injured across northern governorates, and 106 homes and private and public facilities had been destroyed and 156 damaged.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "At least 172 killed in Yemen flash floods this month". www.aljazeera.com.
  2. ^ "At least 172 killed in Yemen flash floods this month". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. ^ "Yemen flash flooding causes large-scale damage". BBC News. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  4. ^ Agencies, The New Arab Staff &. "More than 170 dead in Yemen floods". english.alaraby.co.uk/. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  5. ^ "More Than 170 Dead, 106 Homes Wiped Out as Floods Rip Through Yemen". News18. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  6. ^ "Yemen: Flash Floods Flash Update No. 4 (As of 11 August 2020) [EN/AR] - Yemen". ReliefWeb.


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