Not less than 35,000 Yemeni families have been reportedly affected by the floods which struck the nation in the past two weeks.
This was stated in a report issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and published on the organisation’s Twitter account.
The report said, “In the months of July and August, floods struck Yemen, damaging the infrastructure, destroying homes and shelters, and causing deaths and injuries.”
It also pointed out that the torrential rains in various parts of Yemen have affected “nearly 35,000 families, many among them are displaced.”
The report further indicated that many parts of Yemen were affected, while the “governorates of Ma’rib, Hajjah, Raymah, Al-Mahwit and Hudaydah were particularly badly hit.”
Yemen was struck by severe rainfall which led to flooding and caused the collapse of over 100 buildings in the Old City of Sanaa which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
About 174 people were killed as a result and hundreds injured, most of them in areas under Houthi control.
