War-torn Yemen devastated by floods exacerbated by climate crisis
‘Alarming’ changes in weather patterns sees tens of thousands of people impacted
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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