Floods sweep away homes of displaced people in Marib

MARIB, Jul. 15 (YPA) – The floods witnessed by in Marib province since Wednesday torrential rains have swept out the camps of the internally displaced people (IDPs) from Nihm and Jawf in the areas of Al-Wadi and Al-Jufinah in the city of Marib, local source told Yemen Press Agency.

For the third day in a row, the displaced people in the three camps in Marib are suffering a tragic situation, as rains have uprooted their simple homes.

The sources indicated that the displaced have been living in the open for 3 days, without any actions by the local authority leaders loyal the government loyal to Saudi-led coalition to provide help to them.

They live in tragic humanitarian conditions, exacerbated by the cold and seasonal rains, which have caused the collapse of dozens of mud houses and dilapidated tents from time to time.

About 8,000 displaced families from Nihm district, as well as the camps for the displaced in Al-Mail and Al-Wadi district, which contain hundreds of families of coalition fighters in Jawf province are living in tragic humanitarian conditions due to the collapse of dozens of mud houses and dilapidated tents.

The majority of the displaced families in the three camps lack the minimum necessities of living, as some of the displaced are sleeping on the ground and spending hard nights in the desert climate that is very cold due to the wind and rain.

YPA