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...
A government report released on Friday, August 9, 2024, revealed that 5,583 displaced families in the Yemeni provinces of Hodeidah and Hajjah were affected by flash floods triggered by heavy rains over the past two days. The report, issued by the Executive Unit for the Management of Displaced P...
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 , Yemen - Heavy rains and flash floods have caused widespread destruction and loss of life in the western Yemeni governorate of Hodeidah, according to local sources. The flooding, which began on Tuesday evening, August 6th, has claimed the lives of at least four people, including two...
The National Center of Meteorology and Early Warning (NCMEW) has forecast the continuation of heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms in the mountainous regions, western coasts, and inland plateaus of Yemen over the coming days. The center attributed the heavy rains that have affected mo...
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 Deputy Minister of Local Administration for Financial and Administrative Affairs in the internationally recognized Yemeni government, Abdul Latif al-Fajir, has called for immediate intervention to rescue and provide aid to those affected by ongoing heavy rains and floods in Hodeidah governorat...
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 - Torrential rains have battered Hodeidah Governorate in western Yemen since Tuesday afternoon, causing widespread flooding and submerging entire neighborhoods. Local sources reported that the situation in the Tihama plain is dire, with destructive floods sweeping through comm...
Local sources reported on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, significant damage to the village of Bani Yous in Hajjah Governorate (northwestern Yemen) caused by flash floods from the Anqan Wadi. Sources told "Barran Press" that all homes in the village were damaged, ranging from complete to par...
Local sources reported on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, the discovery of the bodies of a young man and a child who were swept away by flash floods in Yemen's Hodeidah Governorate. Sources told "Barran Press" that local residents found the body of the child, "Mohammed Yahya Ahmed A...
Heavy rains lashed Hajjah governorate in northwestern Yemen on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, triggering flash floods that swept away an entire village, vehicles, and agricultural equipment, according to local sources. The sources told "Barran Press" that the floods, which surged through th...
Heavy rains lashed the Yemeni province of Taiz on Thursday, August 1st, 2024, triggering flash floods that wreaked havoc on farms and property, local sources reported. Sources told "Barran Press" that torrential floods swept through the "Al-Hajr" valley, which ...
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...
A young man drowned in flash flood runoff in the Habban district of Shabwah province, eastern Yemen, on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024, according to local sources. Sources told "Barran Press" that the victim, identified as Younis Mohammed al-Qamishi, drowned in a pool of floodwater at t...
A father and his son tragically drowned after a flash flood swept away their car in Sa'ada governorate, northern Yemen, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Local sources told "Barran Press" that the heavy rains caused a flash flood in the "Tukhīyah" valley in the Ma...
Hodeidah governorate and its surrounding regions in western Yemen are bracing for heavy rainfall, potentially leading to flooding over the next four days, according to weather forecasts. Numerical weather models analyzed by "Barran Press" predict extremely heavy thundershowers i...
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...
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has reported that over 400 people were killed or injured due to floods, lightning strikes, and landslides in Yemen during 2023. The IFRC's latest report on the impact of floods in Yemen states that lightning strikes...