Floods Kill Over 25 In Western Yemen
KABUL: (MEP) Deadly floods claimed a total of 26 people’s lives in western Yemen caused by heavy downpour hit the war-torn country, an official said Saturday.
Abdulrahman Jarallah, director of the health bureau in Yemen’s western Hudaydah province, released the death toll recorded between Wednesday night and Friday evening, Hadarem Net news website reported on Saturday.
Jarallah said eight people were killed only on Friday in the province’s two districts of Zuhrah and Luhayyah.
He further noted that flood water has demolished 12 and 7 villages in Zuhrah and Luhayyah, respectively.
In the northwestern province of Amran, the flooding also claimed the lives of three Yemenis, Jarallah said.
Elsewhere in Hajjah, another northwestern province, 14 people died as a result of the flooding, he added.
According to the health official, aid groups have provided emergency relief materials to affected citizens.
Floods have caused heavy damage across Yemen, with rushing muddy water cutting off roads and sweeping away vehicles and cattle, reports say.
