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Yemen floods kill girl, damage 70 houses
SANAA, July 29, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – Heavy rains and flooding in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah killed at least a girl and damaged 70 houses in the last 24 hours, a local medical source and residents said on Wednesday.
The body of the girl was retrieved as the search continues for possible missing people following the flash flooding in the districts of Midi and Hayran that also killed dozens of livestock, the medical source in Hajjah told Xinhua.
She is one of 16 people died this week in the northwestern parts of the war-torn country, he added.
A total of 70 houses, farms and roads in both districts have also been damaged, said the residents.
Yemen has been mired in civil war for more than five years that caused the collapse of the country’s health system and triggered the spread of epidemics, including cholera which has infected over 1 million people and killed more than 2,000.
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