Al-Mukalla: On Sunday, four internally displaced persons were killed and many others were injured in Marib province in the center of Yemen, when their tents were knocked down by torrential rain and strong winds.
The four deaths in Yemen have reached 61, as reported by the United Nations since late July.
The Executive Unit of the Internationally Recognized Government for Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Marib said of the dead, injured and weather-related disturbances.
Residents posted pictures and videos of collapsed houses, makeshift shelters and electricity pylons at the Jawalnasim camp in Marib, where parts of the camp were nearly flattened by strong winds.
Marib has received more than two million displaced people who fled the war and brutality of the Houthis in their areas.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced on Sunday that heavy rains and floods have damaged 34,260 houses in Yemen and caused a lot of damage, and 57 people were killed and 16 people were injured, which is expected to be this figure. increase
Between July 28 and August 9, 31 people died and 6,042 families were affected in Hodeidah province in western Yemen, 2,753 families in Hajjah province in Yemen, according to a UN humanitarian agency update on flash floods in Yemen. North Yemen has been damaged and two people have lost their lives. And 3451 affected families were reported in the northern province of Saada. In Taiz, one of the southern provinces, 15 people were killed and 6,494 households were damaged.
Last week, due to heavy rains and catastrophic floods in Hodeidah and destruction of houses, agricultural lands and other properties, at least 30 people were killed and a number of others were left homeless.
On Sunday, the National Meteorological Center of Yemen announced its warnings to Yemenis throughout the country about driving on waterways or staying in water, forecasting heavy rains, floods and strong winds in the highlands of Yemen and the western and southern regions.
At the same time, the Yemeni government on Sunday once again emphasized the international community to help the thousands of flood victims in this country, remove highway blockages and restore services in four Yemeni provinces.
Rashad Al Alimi, Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, in a meeting with Steven H. Fagin, the US Ambassador to Yemen, said: “This country needs urgent humanitarian aid to deal with the damage caused by floods and attacks in Hajjah province.” , Hodeidah, Taiz and Marib.
Meanwhile, local nomads convinced the Houthis to end their siege and stop attacking a village in al-Bayda province after residents agreed to hand over seven people suspected of murdering local Houthi operatives.
Over the past few days, the Houthis surrounded Hamet Sarar in Wold Rabi al-Bayda area and threatened to attack it with tanks after accusing the local people of hiding four people suspected of murdering four members of this militant group.
However, residents said the Houthis were killed in clashes with villagers when fighters killed a villager at a Houthi-manned checkpoint.
According to Nasser Ali Al-Sanaa, a Yemeni activist from Al-Bayda, the villagers decided to submit some local people to tribal mediation and hold a modest protest to show their support for the Houthis in exchange for the Houthis to stop invading the village. .
“The people knew that the Houthis' revenge would be terrible, so they decided to organize a rally and leave some villagers to stop the bloodshed,” Al Sana'i said.
The incident came as Yemeni government officials, as well as local and international NGOs, warned of “massacre” if the Houthis attacked the village, as Yemeni militias mobilized soldiers and tanks and flew drones overhead. They flew to prepare for the attack.
The SAM organization in Geneva said: “The SAM organization calls on the Houthi group to immediately lift the siege of Hammat Sarar and stop the policies of intimidation and repression that it has carried out against civilians in the areas under its control for the past ten years.” In a statement on Sunday
