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SANA'A, Yemen — Scores of homes have been destroyed across Yemen amid severe flash flooding.
At least seventeen people were reported killed in flash floods in Yemen's northern Marib region last week.
Although August is part of Yemen's rainy season, the country has been hit particularly hard by flash floods in recent weeks, including in the capital city of Sana'a.
Around 30,000 people have been displaced as a result of the floods, according to the Red Cross.
"Rainfall and flash flooding have heavily damaged our houses, household appliances and food. Yet no one has come to our aid," local resident Hussein Margan told Rudaw.
Local activists say they do not have enough money to restore the more than 200 houses that have been damaged in the floods.
"Sana'a Old City, Zabid, Hadhramaut, Al Mahwit and the historical city of Salai have borne the brunt of the damages," Rudaw was told.
Yemen has been torn apart by a brutal civil war for the past five years.
The country is at risk of another famine, according to UN agencies.
Reporting by Ayad Mawsimi
At least seventeen people were reported killed in flash floods in Yemen's northern Marib region last week.
Although August is part of Yemen's rainy season, the country has been hit particularly hard by flash floods in recent weeks, including in the capital city of Sana'a.
Around 30,000 people have been displaced as a result of the floods, according to the Red Cross.
"Rainfall and flash flooding have heavily damaged our houses, household appliances and food. Yet no one has come to our aid," local resident Hussein Margan told Rudaw.
Local activists say they do not have enough money to restore the more than 200 houses that have been damaged in the floods.
"Sana'a Old City, Zabid, Hadhramaut, Al Mahwit and the historical city of Salai have borne the brunt of the damages," Rudaw was told.
Yemen has been torn apart by a brutal civil war for the past five years.
The country is at risk of another famine, according to UN agencies.
Reporting by Ayad Mawsimi
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