Alsahwa Net- The Wednesday’s floods in Marib killed one person, injured nearly 100 people and damaged displacement camps, a report by the government said.
The Executive Unit for the Management of Internally Displaced People Camps in Marib which prepared the report said that three children were killed, five people among them children were reported missing and 99 persons were injured as a result of the floods that hit Marib on Wednesday.
The floods damaged 17 displacement camps that shelter over 10,786 households, according to the report.
It said that the floods swept away foods, tents, non-food items, water tanks and sanitation systems of the camps.
It called for swift relief of the affected displaced people with sheltering items and coordination with the executive unit to rehabilitate the damaged camps.
The floods swept away houses and blocked several roads in Marib.
The Minister of Local Administration and Chief of the Relief Supreme Committee, Abdulraqeeb Fath instructed the local authority of Marib to form an emergency committee to save the flood affected displaced people.