- WHO planning donor appeal for health response.

- No reported disease outbreaks.

- Joint UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, IOM and WHO assessment mission to Hadramout Governorate has been completed.

- Health services have been disrupted in many areas, especially in remote villages, due to damage to roads, facilities and lack of staff.

- WHO malariologist travelled today to Hadramout.

SITUATION UPDATE

- The joint UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, IOM and WHO assessment mission to Hadramout Governorate returned to Sana'a on 30

MSF and MSF Podcasts: Awhar, Yemen - A team from the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) assisting refugees in the south of Yemen found 39 dead bodies on the shore between Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1.

The refugees said they were coming from the port city of Bosasso in Somalia, fleeing from war and extreme poverty.

Qatar Charity is working through local partners to answer to people's needs as quickly as possible. A team from Qatar Charity is on its way as well to oversee the implementation. Mr Abdullah

In addition, to respond to the immediate urgent needs of the people hit by the earthquake in Balochistan province

Several countries in the Middle East and North Africa region have experienced unprecedented flooding in the past month. At the end of October, floods in the Eastern provinces of Yemen displaced approximately 20-25,000 people, severe floods hit East- and North-Eastern Morocco, and heavy rains and subsequent flooding in Iran have caused significant damage to infrastructure. At the beginning of the month, Algeria also experienced the worst flooding for decades, affecting approximately 11,800 families. The Algerian and Saharawian Red Crescent Societies have issued appeals;

The Red Cross Red Crescent is helping thousands of people who have lost their homes and livelihoods to flooding in the south of the country.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has released 220,000 Swiss francs (201,000 US dollars/160,170 euro) from its disaster relief emergency fund to help thousands of people affected by flash floods in Yemen.

The money will support the Yemen Red

Severe flash floods in the Hadramout and Al-Mahrah regions of Yemen have killed about 100 persons and left approximately 15,000 others homeless.

Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is sending a Disaster Response Team to the affected areas. This team will assess the needs and recommend the most appropriate way to respond. However, preliminary information indicates that one of the most pressing needs is emergency shelter items like tents and blankets.

Thousands are now facing a desperate situation; please help!

- No reported disease outbreaks.

- Death toll remains at least 180. Scores unaccounted for.

- Health coordination strengthening needed.

- WHO and OCHA officials to visit affected areas from 31 October.

- More rain forecasted.

SITUATION UPDATE

- The death toll from the tropical storm and flooding that struck Hadramout and Al-Mahrah provinces on 23 October remains at least 180, based on statements by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation on 27 October. Scores of people remain unaccounted for.

The relief will be airlifted in implementation of instructions given by President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to dispatch urgent humanitarian assistance to the flood-victims in Yemen.

Dr. Ali bin Abdullah Al Ka'abi, RCA Chairman, said the plane would carry over 40 tones of essential food and relief supplies