Photo taken on Aug. 19, 2022 shows a flooded street after heavy rain in Sanaa, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
SANAA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains and flash floods lashing war-torn Yemen for weeks have killed at least 91 people and injured dozens, international aid agency CARE reported this week.
The hardest-hit provinces have been Hajjah and Mahweet in the northwest and Marib in central Yemen.
In Marib, the floods damaged at least 190 sites housing over 12,000 internally displaced families, destroying their tents and washing away their food and belongings, said the aid agency.
Risks of the potential spread of waterborne diseases, such as cholera and diarrhea, increase in the rainy season as the ongoing civil war damaged the country's health system and disabled much of the infrastructure for clean water and sanitation.
Photo taken on Aug. 19, 2022 shows a flooded street after heavy rain in Sanaa, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Aug. 19, 2022 shows a flooded street after heavy rain in Sanaa, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Aug. 19, 2022 shows a flooded street after heavy rain in Sanaa, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)■
