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drawing of Cisterns of Tawila Old picture of the Cisterns. View of Cisterns looking towards Jebal Shamsan. The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen designed to collect and store the rain that flows down from the Shamsan massif through Wadi Tawila, and to protect the city from periodic flooding.
Yemen fails to meet the growing demand of the population due to the arid climate, minimal seasonal rainfall and evapotranspiration. [11] The climate-induced scarcity of water has led to the over-exploitation of groundwater to alter the terrain, while the expansion of agricultural projects has led to a significant reduction in trees and shrubs, which has also deprived Yemen of a natural barrier ...
Yemen Airlines, the national airline of South Yemen, had its head office in Aden. On 15 May 1996, Yemen Airlines merged with Yemenia. [117] [118] During the early 20th century Aden was a notable centre of coffee production. Women processed coffee beans, grown in the Yemen highlands. [119]
As Southern California recovers from last month’s devastating wildfires, heavy rain resulted in pockets of flooding, blocked roadways and mud piling up around recent burn scars.
Floods that swept through a district in northern Yemen this week have killed at least 33 people and damaged more than 200 houses, a local official said. Heavy rains that began Tuesday as part of ...
Flood control structures spared parts of Los Angeles County from destruction, while Orange and Riverside Counties experienced more damage. [15] The flood of 1938 is considered a 50-year flood. [16] It caused $78 million of damage ($1.69 billion in 2023 dollars), [16] making it one of the costliest natural disasters in Los Angeles' history. [17]
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1986 – January: South Yemen Civil War. 1990 – City becomes part of the newly formed Republic of Yemen. 1991 – Rimbaud House opens. [23] 1992 General Hospital built. [24] 29 December: 1992 Yemen hotel bombings. [2] 1994 1994 civil war in Yemen. [2] Population: 564,335 governorate. [25] 1996 – University of Aden museum established. [20]