SITUATION OVERVIEW
Starting in March, torrential rains and flooding hit Yemen, damaging infrastructure, destroying homes and shelters, and causing deaths and injuries. Devastating rains and flooding hit the country severely at the end of June, worsening at the end of July and the first weeks of August. Tens of thousands of families were affected, many of them already displaced.
From 28 July until 9 August, in Al Hodeidah, 6,042 families were affected, with 31 deaths. In Hajjah, 2,753 families were affected; in Sa’dah, 3,451 families were affected, with two deaths. In Ta’iz, 6,494 families were affected, and 15 dead. In addition, NRC identified 2,800 affected families in the Abs District of Hajjah, many of them from displaced communities, and expects the number to increase as the assessment continues. On the West Coast (Hays, Mokha, and Al Khukhah), partners reported that floods impacted 5,833 families.
HUMANITARIAN IMPACT AND NEEDS
Initial reports indicate that almost 34,260 families were affected by the rains and flooding across the country. Preliminary reports and available needs assessments indicate widespread damage and needs, while partners continue to conduct localized assessments to verify numbers and needs. Reports also stated that 57 were killed and 16 were injured. These numbers are likely to increase.
In the first week of August, 9,259 families were reported to have been affected across the Al Hodeidah Hub area, (6,042 in Al Hodeidah, 2753 in Hajjah, 464 in Al Mahwit); 2,861 across the Sana’a hub (112 in Al Bayda, 1,800 in Sana’a City, 486 in Amran, 233 in Dhamar, 170 in Sana’a Governorate, and 60 in Mairb); 4,955 across Aden hub (611 in Abyan, 660 in areas of AdDhale’, 961 in Al Maharah, 1616 in Hadramawt, 584 in Lahj and 523 in Shabwah); 5,374 across the Ibb hub (271 in Ibb, 5,103 in Ta’iz) and 4,400 families in the Sa’dah hub (3,451 in Sa’dah, 949 in Al Jawf).
Disclaimer
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