Yemen is experiencing a third consecutive day of reduced rainfall following a month of heavy floods that devastated thousands of homes and claimed dozens of lives. The National Center of Meteorology and Early Warning issued a report on Tuesday, monitored by "Barran Press", indicating ...
On Friday, August 30th, 2024, the Civil Defense in Ma'rib Governorate, Yemen, reported the retrieval of two children who had drowned the previous day. One of the victims was an Ethiopian national. Both incidents were attributed to parental negligence and the children's lack of swimming ski...
Hodeidah, Yemen - Flash floods caused by heavy rains have claimed lives and damaged infrastructure in Hodeidah Governorate (western Yemen) on Saturday, August 17, 2024, according to local sources. Sources told "Barran Press" that the raging floodwaters of the "Aji" vall...
Lisa Dutton, Director of Funding and Partnerships at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), confirmed that 98 people have died and 600 others have been injured due to floods in Yemen since the beginning of 2024. During a briefing to the UN Security Council on Thursda...
The Deputy Governor of Marib, Abdel-Raba Muftah, who also heads the Emergency Committee, issued an urgent plea on Wednesday, August 14th, 2024, for immediate intervention from local, regional, and international organizations to address the needs of those affected by the natural disasters plaguing ...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) issued a warning on Monday, August 12, 2024, of severe floods in Yemen over the next 10 days, potentially causing significant damage to crops and infrastructure. The warning was issued in the FAO's early warning and agricultu...
SANAA, YEMEN - The recent floods that have ravaged several Yemeni governorates have claimed the lives of 57 people, with 45 confirmed dead and 12 still missing, the Yemeni Red Crescent Society announced on Thursday, August 8th. The society, in a statement posted on X, attributed the casual...
The internationally recognized Yemeni government on Thursday, August 8, 2024, accused the Iran-backed Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, of causing the damage inflicted by the recent low-pressure system in the Tihama region (western Yemen). The accusation...
HODEIDAH, August 7, 2024 - Heavy rains and devastating floods have ravaged the Hodeidah governorate in western Yemen, leaving behind a trail of human and material devastation, according to local sources. On Tuesday evening, torrential downpours triggered flash floods that swept through the...
HODEIDAH, August 7, 2024 - Heavy rains and devastating floods have ravaged the Hodeidah governorate in western Yemen, leaving behind a trail of human and material devastation, according to local sources. On Tuesday evening, torrential downpours triggered flash floods that swept through the...
HODEIDAH, YEMEN - At least 45 people have died in flash floods caused by heavy rains in Yemen's Hodeidah and Taiz governorates, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and local authorities. The Hodeidah governor confirmed that 30 people perished ...
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Yemen reported on Thursday, August 1st, 2024, that over 158,000 people have been affected by floods and heavy rains in the country since the beginning of the year. In a statement posted on the X platform, monitored...
The United Nations has reported that the recent floods in Saada governorate, northern Yemen, have claimed the lives of three people, including a child, and affected nearly 2,000 families. According to a statement released by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on S...