Floods in Yemen:at least 60 dead and 268 thousand people affected

A new UN assessment illustrates the damage caused by the sequence of floods that hit Yemen in recent weeks.

He rose to at least 60 victims - And 38,285 families affected in various capacities, for a total of approximately 268 thousand people – the balance sheet of the series floods that hit him Yemen during the month of August.Torrential rains began in Maqbanah, in the province of Taʿizz, causing the first deaths, as confirmed by the governor of the region, controlled by Houti rebels.

Thousands of homes destroyed and 80 wells unusable in Yemen

There was immediate talk of deaths and serious material damage, including those reported by the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs, which he had talked about destroyed houses and poisoning of 80 wells.Added to this were the destruction of agricultural lands and the difficulties for humanitarian organizations to have adequate personnel arrive on site means of livelihood for the population.

At the same time, shortly before, in the governorate of al-Hudaydah another 36 people died from other floods, according to a relationship published by the same UN agency on 19 August.Added to these are at least 600 injured, along with thirteen people who are still alive dispersed.

“The bad weather will continue until September”

Other floods then occurred starting from August 7, and it took several days to precisely quantify the damage.In the budget drawn up on Monday, the United Nations also speaks of thousands of homes destroyed, and underlines the fact that "bad weather should persist until September, with a succession of alerts for extreme rainfall”.

All this in a situation that has already become very serious, especially for the civilian population, due to the war which has opposed the Houthis since 2014 to the internationally recognized government, which it provoked hundreds of thousands of deaths and generated one of the most serious humanitarian crises in the world.THE climate changes, in fact, not only do they stop at nothing, but they weigh more heavily on the populations vulnerable, whether for socio-economic, geographical or related reasons armed conflicts.

Climate change and war bring Yemen to its knees

In recent years, Yemen has seen an increase in the frequency and intensity of rainfall, according to a report published in 2023 by the international committee of Red Cross.As a result, deadly floods have only multiplied, hitting the Middle Eastern nation as early as 2019, 2020 and 2021.