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Flashfloods Bring Destruction [Archives:1998/31/Local News]
August 3 1998
By: Mohammed Al-Qadhi, at Manakha,
Bassam Al-Saqqaf, at Naqeel Yislah, and
Ibrahim Al-Marghamy, at Al-Qadam.
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“But most of the damage is on the feeder and secondary roads. This has resulted in a tremendous increase in transportation costs, as people have reverted to the use of camels and mules to carry supplies,” explained Engineer Abdul-Wali Mughallis, Director General of Road Maintenance. He and his team are now working around the clock to repair as much as possible on the Hodeidah and Taiz roads.
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Several houses collapsed, leading to to at least six deaths in the area of Bani Ismail, Al-Maghariba, Bani Attiyah and Al-Qadam, in the mountains sloping westwards.
Total damages because of the rains and floods is estimated at around 2.5 billion Riyals.
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