2020 Yemen flood
The 2020 Yemen flood was a flash flood that killed at least 172 people in Yemen and damaged homes and UNESCO-listed world heritage sites across the country, officials said.[1]
 Flood in Yemen | |
| Date | August 2020 |
|---|---|
| Location | Yemen |
| Deaths | 172 |
In the mainly government-held Maʼrib Governorate east of the capital Sanaa, 19 children were among 30 people killed by the floods, a government official said.
- The flood started as a result of torrential heavy rain. The people aren't used to heavy rains nor torrential floods, which caused a crisis
- The flooding hit the western province oh hodeiah the hardest. → with 13 deaths (just in this province) → more than 35 houses destroyed
By 7 August, the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Sana’a reported that 131 people had died and 125 had been injured across northern governorates, and 106 homes and private and public facilities had been destroyed and 156 damaged.[2]
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