More than 13 killed so far due to torrential rains:Floods overwhelm Sana’a [Archives:2003/658/Last Page]

Sana'a, August 9 – Massive floods have overwhelmed Sana'a City and other areas in the country last week as heavy rainfall continued for several days running. Several people were reported killed because of floods and lightning during devastating rainstorms.
Police sources declared that at least three men were killed when lightning struck their home in northern Sana'a. Houses in central Sana'a were inundated by rain water rushing down from the hills. People in the area fired shots into the air as distress calls.
This is besides the 10 people killed in July due to torrential rains, and six others died in June in the country.
This comes after many houses collapsed because of the seasonal rains, which also caused tremendous damage to roads, leading to a number of traffic accidents of various degrees.
This year's heavy rainfalls have come in a bad time for the efforts of the municipality and capital secretariat as projects including digging tunnels and paving roads have been disrupted and delayed.
Many construction sites were abandoned with no signals or signs after heavy rain started in Sana'a, leading to severe accidents such as cars falling into pits and holes dug for infrastructure services, vehicles trapped in blocked roads, etc.
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