The rains and floods witnessed in the eastern governorates of Yemen this week, due to the low air pressure, caused massive material losses, causing the flooding of camps for the displaced in some areas and the loss of about three thousand families in five Yemeni governorates of their shelter, amid fear of dam collapse.</p >

A report published by the Department of Displaced Persons in Yemen said that it monitored, through its representatives in the governorates under the control of the Yemeni government, heavy rains falling in the governorates of Hadramaut, Al-Jawf, Shabwa, Abyan, and Al-Dhalea, all of which are governorates inhabited by displaced families in fragile camps, which led to damage to varying degrees, and that the most affected camps are the camps for the displaced. In the region of Al-Abr, Al-Mukalla, Al-Jawf, and Shabwa.

A detailed report by the Department of Displaced Persons also indicated that 1,700 families displaced from Al-Jawf Governorate due to the war and who were displaced to the Al-Rayyan desert area on the Saudi border were severely damaged by the rains and torrential rains that the area of ​​displacement witnessed.

The depression moved from the Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman towards Yemen, hitting the governorates of Al-Mahra, then Hadramaut, and moved in a lighter way towards the governorates of Shabwa and Al-Jawf in the north and Abyan in the south.

Early warning centers and government authorities warned citizens against staying in the areas of flood corridors. The early warning in Hadramaut Governorate also warned of mountain collapses and rocks falling on residents in the valleys and under the high mountains in the governorate.

The floodwaters resulting from the intense rain also swept away two cars belonging to citizens and buried an artesian water well in the Hababa area in Al-Arsh District, Radaa, south of Al-Bayda Governorate

According to local residents, the floods destroyed dozens of citizens’ farms and private property, with heavy rains continuing for long hours without recording any casualties.

A number of districts in Al-Bayda Governorate in central Yemen witnessed heavy rains accompanied by winds that led to the flow of torrential waters onto flat agricultural lands after filling the valleys and waterways.

Citizens fear the collapse of old dams and the increase in risks as water continues to flow from the highlands during the depression experienced in a number of governorates in eastern and central Yemen.

Yemen has recently witnessed floods and hurricanes as a result of climate change, the most recent of which was Hurricane Tej, which struck the governorates of Al-Mahra, Hadramaut, and Socotra in late October of last year, causing material and human losses.

This year, climate experts in Yemen expected at the beginning of this week rain of varying intensity on the coasts of Al-Mahra, Hadramaut, and the western highlands.

Despite the repeated formation of depressions and Yemen being affected by them annually, they still cause massive damage to lives and governmental and civil infrastructure, which indicates the inadequacy of the government’s role in keeping pace with the extreme climate and its destructive effects on Yemen.

This shortcoming, according to observers and activists, is due to the state of conflict that the country is experiencing following the Houthi militia’s coup against the state and its institutions, and, on the other hand, to the scarcity of the Yemeni government’s capabilities compared to the extent of climate change.