Yemen – Deadly Floods Hit Aden
At least 2 people have died and 4 were injured after flash flooding struck in the city of Aden, Yemen, on 25 March, 2020. Over 75mm of rain fell in…
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Yemen – Floods Hit Southern and Central Areas
Thunderstorms, heavy rain and flooding caused material damages in 5 governorates of Yemen over the past week. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) reported on 03…
Yemen – UN Says Thousands Hit by Floods and Heavy Rain in Western Areas
Heavy rain has affected wide areas of western Yemen over recent weeks according to a UN report of 19 August, 2019. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…
Yemen – Deadly Flash Floods in Al Mahwit Governorate
At least 12 people have died in flash floods after heavy rainfall in the northwestern Al Mahwit governorate of Yemen, according to local media. Several victims died after flash flooding…
Yemen – Deadly Floods Hit After Torrential Rain
Strong winds, heavy rain and flash floods hit several parts of Yemen from 08 June, 2019, causing major damages and at least 3 deaths. Yemen Meteorological Services reported that Aden…
Oman and Yemen – Tropical Cyclone ‘Luban’ Leaves 3 Dead
Heavy rain from Tropical Cyclone ‘Luban’ has caused severe flooding in coastal districts of Al Maharah Governorate in Yemen and parts of neighbouring Oman. Luban weakened into a tropical depression…
NASA Analyzes Northern Indian Ocean Rainfall of Soaking Separate Cyclones
NASA analyzed rainfall in two tropical cyclones that developed in the Northern Indian Ocean, each bringing heavy rainfall. Within a week, separate cyclones, Tropical Storm Sagar and Cyclone Mekunu, hit…
Oman – 2 Dead as Cyclone Mekunu Dumps 278.2mm of Rain in 24 Hours
After sweeping through the Yemen island of Socotra, Cyclone Mekunu made landfall in southern Oman as a Category 2 storm late on 25 May, 2018, battering the area with strong…
Yemen – Cyclone Mekunu Causes Devastation in Socotra
Oman is bracing for the onslaught of Cyclone Mekunu, which is expected to make landfall near Salalah city on 25 or 26 May, 2018. Mekunu is likely to bring maximum…
Updated: Horn of Africa – Major Flooding After Cyclone Sagar Leaves 16 Dead
Update, 25 May, 2018: Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System described Cyclone Sagar as one of the strongest storms ever recorded in Somalia. The storm produced wind gusts of up…
Extreme Cyclones in Arabian Sea Result of Global Warming and Will Increase in Frequency – Study
Researchers from Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report in the journal Nature Climate Change that extreme cyclones that formed in the Arabian Sea for the…
Yemen – Heavy Rain Triggers Landslide in Taiz Leaving 20 Dead
Yemen News Agency, Saba, are reporting that heavy rainfall caused a deadly landslide in the Lasbah area in al-Shamayaten district of Taiz Governorate in south west Yemen, yesterday, 23 May…
Yemen – Storm Chapala Leaves 3 Dead, 35 Injured and 40,000 Displaced
Tropical Cyclone Chapala has been affecting southern Yemen with heavy rainfall, strong winds, storm surge and high waves. The latest assessments say that as many as 40,000 people have been…
Deadly Floods and Storms Hit Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Severe weather, including thunderstorms, hail storms, heavy rains and floods over the last 3 days has affected parts of the Middle East. As many as 19 people are reported to…
Torrential Rain Floods Yemen Capital
Huge amounts of rain in the region of Sana’a, Yemen, led to flash floods that killed 3 people. The fatalities occurred in the the Al-Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah district of Sana’a,…
Flash Floods in Yemen
Torrential rain brought horrendous flash floods to several parts of Yemen over the weekend. The recent storms and heavy rainfall began to fall on 16th August, and continued until the…
