Yemen | 50 deaths and 5,400 families displaced due to floods

Written By وداد السعودي on 2020/08/08

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Arab Weather - During the previous days, floods caused the death of 50 people in Yemen and displaced thousands, adding to the risk of floods, the flooding of the historic Ma&#39;rib Dam, for the first time in 34 years, and the collapse of another dam in Amran Governorate. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Several cities in Yemen witnessed floods and landslides; Among them is the capital, Sana&#39;a, and the governorate of Ma&#39;rib, in the east of the country, was the most affected by the water, after the dam flooded, and 17 deaths were recorded, including 8 children. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In the countryside of the capital, Sana&#39;a, two women and a child died as a result of the collapse of a house in the Wadi Dhahr region, which is characterized by its old mud houses, and these homes are always subject to collapse in the event of heavy rain </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://arabiaweather.com/ar/content/انهيار-مفاجئ-لسد-بوط-على-النيل-الأزرق-فى-السودان-وتدمير-أكثر-من-800-منزل">Sudden collapse of the Butte Dam on the Blue Nile in Sudan, destroying more than 800 homes</a> </p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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