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\nFlooding caused by torrential rainfall in war-torn Yemen has led to at least 60 deaths since July, with 13 others still missing and a total of 268,000 people affected, the United Nations said Monday.
\nYemen, already grappling with an almost decade-long war, suffers from severe floods on a near-annual basis that are triggered by torrential rainfall, while climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of precipitation.
\nSince July, flash floods have caused 36 deaths in Hodeida province, nine in Ibb, eight in Marib and seven in Taiz, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said in a report released on Monday.
\n\u201cPublic infrastructure, including schools, roads, and health facilities, have been affected. Livelihoods that were already hanging by a thread have been swept away,\u201d OCHA said.
\nAt least 600 people were injured due to flooding in Hodeida and Marib alone, it said, adding that a total of 13 people were still missing in Hodeida and Taiz.
\nIt added that a total of 38,285 families \u2014 nearly 268,000 people \u2014 have been affected, saying that \u201csevere weather is expected to persist into September, with additional alerts for heavy rainfall.\u201d
\nThe University of Notre Dame\u2019s Global Adaptation Initiative ranks Yemen as one of the region\u2019s most climate-vulnerable countries.
\nIn recent years, it has experienced an increase in the frequency and intensity of rainfall due to climate change, stimulated by atmospheric circulation in the Indian Ocean, according to a 2023 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Norwegian Red Cross.
\nThe country also suffered heavy flooding in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the report said.
\nYemen has been gripped by a war that erupted nearly a decade ago when Iran-backed Huthi rebels seized the capital Sanaa in 2014, sending the internationally-recognised government fleeing to the southern city of Aden.
\nThe following year Saudi Arabia formed a multi-national coalition in support of Yemen\u2019s deposed government, attempting to restore government control with a bombing campaign and a blockade that have caused mass civilian casualties.
\nThe conflict has triggered one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises, with aid deliveries complicated by insecurity and logistical difficulties.
\nLast week, the UN warned that $4.9 million was urgently needed to scale up the emergency response to Yemen\u2019s extreme weather conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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