Cyclones Chapala, Megh kill 26 in Yemen: UN
The United Nations (UN) says some 26 Yemenis have been killed in two cyclones, which recently hit the southeast of the war-torn country.
Earlier this month, rare tropical storms “Chapala” and “Megh” hit the island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea, some 350 kilometers (210 miles) off the Yemeni mainland, as well as the southeastern provinces of Shabwa and Hadramawt.
“The total number of people killed by the two cyclones (is) still 26 in all affected areas of Yemen,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on Saturday.
Citing local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the OCHA said that over 6,400 families were affected in Shabwa and Hadramawt, while a further 1,500 families have been displaced after their homes were damaged.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said that tropical storms are extremely rare over the Arabian Peninsula, describing the two cyclones a week apart an “absolutely extraordinary event.”
The news comes as Yemen has been under airstrikes on a daily basis since Saudi Arabia launched its military aggression against the country on March 26, in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to the fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, an ally of Riyadh.
Over 7,100 people have been killed and more than a million have been displaced since the Saudi aggression began, with militant groups, either al-Qaeda-related or those linked with Hadi, targeting civilians and security forces.
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