A recent international report revealed that the heavy rains and resulting floods that struck Yemen during the annual rainy season this year, affected nearly a million people, and doubled the risks of cholera infection and food insecurity in the country.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said in its latest report on the humanitarian situation in Yemen: “Heavy rains, floods, and accompanying landslides affected approximately 938,000 people across the country during the rainy season extending between March and August.” /August 2024, according to reports by humanitarian actors.”

The report added that the floods caused the destruction of health care, water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, which increased the risk of a cholera outbreak in the affected areas, which from the beginning of the year until last October 20 reached 219,009 cases, according to UN statistics. .

The agency indicated that the floods also caused a major disruption to the agricultural sector in the country, as they damaged about 85% of agricultural land, in addition to destroying crops and destroying livelihoods, and negatively affected 279.4 thousand heads of livestock, and hampered activities. Harvesting and farming, which are critical to local food security, has exacerbated food concerns among vulnerable populations.

The report stressed that extreme weather conditions, including rain and floods, have “exacerbated already horrific food security and malnutrition conditions across the country, including among families in areas under the influence of the recognized government, in the south of the country, which is expected to worsen.” “Experience emergency levels (IPC 4) or worse of acute food insecurity by January 2025.”