Yemen Monitor / Newsroom:
The Emergency Committee in Taiz Governorate (southwestern Yemen) announced on Wednesday that the losses caused by floods that swept through several districts of the governorate have reached approximately $15 million, while the death toll has risen to 24, with more than 31,000 families affected.
The Deputy Governor for Technical Affairs, engineer Moheeb Al-Hakimi, said in a press conference that the total estimated cost of damages reached $15,089,097, noting that the floods caused widespread damage affecting the housing, roads, education, heritage, food security, and water sectors.
Al-Hakimi explained that the number of affected families reached 31,260, warning that what the governorate witnessed “is not an isolated incident,” but rather comes within the context of “chronic vulnerability” linked to climate change, deteriorating infrastructure, and weak capacity of local institutions for monitoring and early response.
He added that the local authority in Taiz has taken urgent measures to provide relief to those affected, in coordination with the relevant authorities in the interim capital, Aden, with the aim of accelerating the response and alleviating humanitarian suffering.
The Emergency Committee also reviewed a matrix of needs and identified urgent priorities within a proactive approach aimed at reducing future damage and minimizing the impact of the disaster as much as possible.
Taiz Governorate is considered one of the Yemeni regions most affected by climate change and deteriorating infrastructure in recent times, which have seen heavy rains and flooding.
