On the morning of Monday, November 11, 2024, residents of Al-Tawila district in Al-Mahwit Governorate, northwestern Yemen, woke up to a devastating rockslide that claimed the lives of seven members of a single family and injured three others. Activists on social media shared images of the colla...
On November 11, 2024, local sources reported that a rockslide in the village of Wadi Al-Quba, part of the Bani Al-Khayat area in Al-Tawilah District, resulted in the death and injury of eight members from a single family. According to reports from the scene, the rockslide struck the home of a l...
The National Center for Meteorology and Early Warning forecasted on Friday that varying intensities of thunderstorms are expected across multiple regions in ten Yemeni governorates within the next 24 hours. In its daily bulletin, reviewed by Barran Press, the center indicated that weather condi...
On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, the internationally recognized Yemeni Prime Minister, Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, reaffirmed the government’s support for governors in areas under Houthi control, emphasizing the importance of enhancing communication with citizens and supporting their aspirations ...
A recent surge in lightning strikes across Yemen has resulted in a tragic loss of life and injuries. Since the beginning of September, 13 Yemeni citizens, including children, have been killed and 11 others injured by lightning strikes in the governorates of Taiz, Al-Mahwit, Amran, and Hajjah...
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced on Wednesday evening that it has delivered aid to over 9,000 families affected by floods in Malhan District, Mahwit Governorate, and other areas in western Yemen. The aid was transported by camel due to the extensive damage to roads. In...
Heavy rains and flash floods have ravaged the western Yemeni district of Malhan, leaving at least 43 people dead, 10 missing, and thousands displaced, according to a humanitarian report released on Sunday. The report, compiled by the Al-Takaful Wal-Binaa Social Charity Association, monito...
Two members of the same family were killed on Saturday, August 31, 2024, when their car plunged off a road in Al-Mahwit province (northwest Yemen), according to local sources. The sources told "Barran Press" that the car carrying a family was involved in an accident on the road to the...
The National Center for Meteorology and Early Warning predicted on Saturday, August 31, 2024, that heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms will affect 14 governorates over the next 24 hours. The center urged citizens to take precautions and avoid low-lying areas and riverbeds. In its daily bul...
The United Nations reported on Thursday, August 29, that 1020 families have been affected and 42 people are missing following flash floods that struck the Malhan district of Al-Mahwit governorate (northwest Yemen) on Tuesday night. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA), in a brief statement on X (form...
Al-Mahwit, Yemen - Three young girls tragically drowned in flash floods in Al-Mahwit Governorate (northwestern Yemen) on Thursday, August 29, 2024, according to local sources. The incident occurred amidst ongoing rock slides triggered by heavy rains that battered the governorate on Tuesday ev...
The Director General of the Media Office in Mahwit Governorate (northwest Yemen), Yahya al-Saqir, stated that the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, along with the terrain of Malhan District in the southwest of the governorate, have compounded the suffering of th...
AL-MAH WIT, YEMEN - For the third consecutive week, Al-Mahwit Governorate (northern Yemen) has been experiencing continuous rainfall, varying in intensity. However, the heaviest rainfall hit the southern and western districts on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. After 10 continuous hours of torren...
Al-Mahwit, Yemen (August 28, 2024): The death toll from torrential rains and flash floods in Malhan district, southwest of Al-Mahwit governorate, has risen to 33, according to local sources. The disaster, which began on Tuesday, has also left numerous people missing and caused widespread dama...
Al-Mahwit, Yemen - Heavy rains have caused widespread devastation in the Al-Mahwit governorate, with local sources reporting a “unprecedented humanitarian disaster” in the Malhan district. The downpour, which began on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, has resulted in the collapse of numer...
Local sources reported on Friday, August 23, 2024, that a family of six was killed when their house collapsed due to heavy rainfall in the Mahweet province (northwestern Yemen). According to sources for "Barran Press", "Hassan Al-Droubi" and his family, including his wife an...
Sana'a, the Yemeni capital, experienced the highest rainfall in the past 24 hours, according to the National Center of Meteorology and Early Warning (NCMEW). The center also issued a warning for heavy thunderstorms across ten governorates in the coming hours. The NCMEW's daily bulletin,...
Four individuals, two men and two women, were killed by lightning strikes in the past few hours in the governorates of Sana'a (central Yemen) and Al Mahwit (northwest Yemen), according to local sources on Sunday, August 11, 2024. This brings the total number of lightning strike victims since t...
On Monday, July 29, 2024, residents of Marib, Yemen, staged a protest demanding the immediate release of three men from the Al-Mahwit governorate who have been sentenced to death by the Houthi group. The protesters, who are family members of the detainees, condemned the Houthi group's decision...
A teacher tragically drowned in flash floods on Saturday, July 13, 2024, while returning home from work in Al-Mahwit Governorate, northwest Yemen, on the first day of the new school year. Local sources reported to "Barran Press" that Yahya Saleh Ahmed Al-Ahmar was swept away by floodw...