58 killed and dozens are missing in strong floods east of YemenGovernment declares Hadramout and Al-Maharah devastated areas [Archives:2008/1202/Front Page]
October 27 2008
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For the Yemen Times
SANA'A, Oct. 26 ) 58 have been killed, dozens of citizens are missing and over 20,000 people are homeless due to flash floods that resulted from heavy rains in the eastern areas of Yemen including Hadramout and Al-Maharah.
In a report by Minister of Interior Mutahhar Rashad Al-Masri, the death toll from the floods in Hadramout and Al-Maharah governorates was estimated at 58 and rescue teams had been able to shelter 3,000 people whose houses were destroyed.
The Ministry of Defense declared in its latest statistics published in its electronic \”September mobile\”” service that 1
