Shafaqna English- The floods hit Al-Mahwit, a province west of the capital, Sanaa, with landslides destroying seven homes in the Milhan District. The rising waters swept away cars, cut off roads, and led to the collapse of three dams in the province. At least 24 people are missing .
“In the coming months, increased rainfall is forecast, with the central highlands, Red Sea coastal areas and portions of the southern uplands expected to receive unprecedented levels in excess of 300mm (12 inches),” the World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week.
At least one clinic in western Yemen has suspected cholera patients, with the rains and floods raising concerns of a major outbreak from contaminated water.
At the clinic in the city of Hais, women and children were attached to intravenous drips to combat diarrhoea, a symptom of what medics feared was cholera, the AFP news agency reported.
“The influx of patients has increased due to the floods and rains in Hais,” Bakil Al-Hadrami, a doctor at the diarrhoea treatment centre, told the agency.