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War-torn Yemen devastated by floods exacerbated by climate crisis

‘Alarming’ changes in weather patterns sees tens of thousands of people impacted

Andy Gregory
Tuesday 28 July 2020 22:55 BST
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Children watch as workers prepare to drain sewage water from an Aden camp flooded by rainwater for Yemenis displaced by conflict from Taez, Ibb, and Hodeidah
Children watch as workers prepare to drain sewage water from an Aden camp flooded by rainwater for Yemenis displaced by conflict from Taez, Ibb, and Hodeidah

Already contending with shocking levels of famine and a burgeoning coronavirus crisis, war-torn Yemen’s woes are being compounded by the likely effects of climate breakdown.

In the three months since the first of the seasonal rains — which coincided with the country’s first Covid-19 case — exceptionally heavy rainfall and flooding have killed dozens and destroyed thousands of homes in the country already suffering the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Some 130,000 people who have lost homes, businesses and belongings in the floods so far have received help from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Yemen Red Crescent Society, the former said on Monday.

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