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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 ...
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.
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]
Many buildings collapsed in the city amid the flooding rainfall. #Yemen : At least 4 people have died in floods in historic city of Tarim - several buildings have collapsed after heavy rainstorms ...
The history of this dynasty is obscure; they never exercised control over the highlands and Hadramawt, and did not control more than a coastal strip of the Yemen bordering the Red Sea. [61] A Himyarite clan called the Yufirids established their rule over the highlands from Saada to Taiz , while Hadramawt was an Ibadi stronghold and rejected all ...
A Yemeni official said Wednesday that 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in the southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains. Hodeidah Gov. Mugammad ...
The Sultanate of Lahej and others surrounding the Port of Aden had economic influence by supporting the important trade economy of the British Empire from South Asia. Early 19th century industrial Britain, with its rapidly expanding economy, needed improved and reliable communication with British India and the East India Company operations.
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 ...