Flood disaster in Yemen in 2008
The 2008 flood disaster in Yemen was a flood event that began with heavy rainfall during the cyclone season in the Northern Indies in 2008 on October 23. The storms that followed a tropical depression caused severe flooding that killed at least 180 people and caused more than 20,000 people to flee.
The governorates of Hadramaut , al houta , al-Mahra and Taiz were the most affected regions of Yemen and most of the victims accounted Hadramaut.
details
The floods were preceded by several days of heavy rain, which started on October 23, when the remaining depth of the Deep Depression ARB 02 came overland in eastern Yemen.
The tropical system ARB 02/2008 ( referred to as Cyclone 03B by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center ) intensified into a tropical depression on October 19, southeast of Salalah , Oman . On October 21, the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center upgraded the system to a Deep Depression . Over the Gulf of Aden, due to dry air and the influence of the mainland in the passage along the north-eastern coast of Somalia , the system lost its strength and was downgraded to a depression.
The system caught a few hooks east of the Horn of Africa and then set course for the Gulf of Aden . It then arrived overland in eastern Yemen . The remaining low brought heavy accumulations of precipitation over the coastal region. Usually less than 50mm of rain falls here annually. More rainbands moved in from Saudi Arabia and southern Somalia .
Around 180 people were killed in the storm and more than 20,000 people had to leave their villages. At least nine of the victims in al-Mahra, Ta'izz and Lahij thunderstorm governorates died from lightning strikes .
Thousands of families fled their homes in Hadramaut Governorate alone; many schools were used as emergency shelters, but only ten percent of the internally displaced could be accommodated in these. At least 7,000 people have been left homeless, according to a Yemeni official .
Property damage
The masses of water caused damage to houses and infrastructure. Agricultural land was flooded, so that crops and large numbers of livestock and poultry were lost. Electricity and telephone connections were cut and many homes were damaged by the floods. In the UNESCO World Heritage city of Shibam, the water softened some of the medieval houses made of mud so much that they collapsed. According to the Yemeni government, a total of 3,264 houses in the hardest hit governorates al-Mahra and Hadramaut were destroyed or seriously damaged by the flood waters.
reaction
The organization of the Islamic Conference declared the situation a "national catastrophe" for Yemen and initiated the raising of funds for the flood victims. The United Arab Emirates have expressed their intention to provide assistance. The government of Yemen announced that it would provide tents and other emergency aid materials that were brought to the scene by transport aircraft from Sanaa . President Ali Abdullah Salih ordered the formation of a commission to coordinate aid measures. However, various residents of the city of Shibam said that the government was providing little support and assistance. “They are gone, and they will not appear here today or 100 years from now,” said one of those affected. The neighboring state of Saudi Arabia provided US $ 100 million in disaster relief.
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMD Special Tropical Weather Outlook 21-10-08 06z ( English ) IMD. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
- ^ Dozens killed by floods in Yemen ( English ) World Health Organization via Reliefweb.int. October 28, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
- ↑ a b About 180 dead or missing after floods in Yemen ( English ) Reuters . October 28, 2008. Archived from the original on November 1, 2008. Retrieved on November 1, 2008.
- ↑ UN rushing aid to Yemen after severe flooding displaces 10,000 ( English ) United Nations . October 28, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
- ↑ a b c d At least 58 killed in Yemen floods (English) , Xinhua. October 26, 2008.
- ↑ Tropical storm lashes Yemen (English) , Herald Sun. October 26, 2008.
- ↑ IMD CWind Advisory 01 ( English ) India Meteorological Department . Archived from the original on October 19, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2008.
- ↑ IMD Special Tropical Weather Outlook 21-10-08 06z ( English ) IMD. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
- ↑ DEMS-RSMC TROPICAL CYCLONES NEW DELHI 22-10-2008 ( English ) India Meteorological Department . October 22, 2008. Retrieved on November 1, 2008. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b More deaths feared in Yemen floods (English) , al-Jazeera . October 26, 2008.
- ↑ Local and international support continue to pour into Hadramout ( English ) Yemen Times via Reliefweb.int. October 29, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
- ↑ a b More than 60 killed in fierce Yemen storms (English) , Agence France-Presse . October 8th, 25th Archived from the original on October 31st, 2008. Retrieved on October 25th, 2008.
- ↑ Scores feared dead in Yemen floods ( English ) al-Jazeera . October 27, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
- ↑ People are dying - world heritage under threat . The mirror . October 25, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2008.
- ↑ a b Dozen dead in flood drama in Yemen . Süddeutsche Zeitung . October 26, 2008. Archived from the original on November 1, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 26, 2008.
- ↑ Death Toll Mounts In Yemen Tropical Storm (English) , CBS October 13th, 26th, 2008. Archived from the original on March 22nd, 2009 Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
