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The 2024 Yemen floods were a series of severe weather events caused by heavy rainfall that struck Yemen in July and August 2024, resulting in widespread devastation across multiple provinces. The floods led to at least 61 deaths, [ 1 ] the displacement of thousands, and extensive damage to infrastructure and agriculture.
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 ...
She began covering Iran for Polaris Images, in the same year, and started working as a freelancer for The Times in 2004. [4] Tavakolian has worked internationally, covering wars, natural disasters and social documentary stories in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Yemen. [5]
In Iraq, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Israel, Gaza, Kenya and Somalia her images capture the essence of humanitarian crisis in the wake of war, while her photographs from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Sichuan earthquake in China reveal the horrific aftermath of natural disasters. Beyond war and ...
Pages in category "Natural disasters in Yemen" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... 2024 Yemen floods; D. Deep Depression ARB 02 (2008) E.
The province has seen U.S. drones previously brought down there, in part because the region remains crucial for the outcome of Yemen's yearslong war. Since Yemen’s civil war started in 2014, when the Houthis seized most of the country’s north and its capital of Sanaa, the U.S. military has lost at least five drones to the rebels.
1996 Yemen flood: Yemen: 1996 345 1987 South Korea flood, mainly, Chungchongnam-do, Jeollanam-do, Kangwon, torrential rain, landslide South Korea: 1987 342 2006 East African Flood: Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia: 2006 315 North Sea flood of 1962 storm tide Germany: 1962 313 2003 Sumatra flood, mainly Jambi, Batanghari, Tondano, torrential rain, flash ...
The Persian Gulf region is known for its hot and dry weather, though heavy rains causing flooding have also occurred with greater regularity in recent years. [5] [6] Britain's Royal Meteorological Society stated that the likely cause is a mesoscale convective system. [7]