Al-Houthi’s health: 131 deaths, 124 injured, and 262 homes destroyed by floods and rains
English - Tuesday 11 August 2020 الساعة 03:12 pm
Aden, Newsyemen:
On Monday, the Houthi militia - Iran's arm in Yemen - announced the death and injury of 255 people due to torrential rains in various governorates under its control.
This came in a statement issued by the Ministry of Health Operations Room in the coup government and published by the militia's media.
The statement said, "The number of victims of the recent rains and torrents in the capital's secretariat and the governorates, who were transferred to hospitals, reached 131 deaths and 124 injured," while the statement ignored cases of deaths and injuries that did not reach hospitals.
The statement indicated that 106 houses and private and public facilities were totally and partially damaged by the end of August 7, including those swept away by torrential rains or destroyed as a result of the heavy rain.
The Houthi militia justified the high number of victims by what it called "the reckless dealings by many victims with torrents, so they move, which often leads to bulldozing their cars or swimming in dams, water barriers and streams, which leads to drowning."
According to the statement, among the reasons for the random construction in the streams of the torrents, which was matched by the negligence of monitoring in this aspect and the lack of proper urban planning in many areas, in addition to the failure to restore many old houses that were affected by the heavy rains.
The statement of the coup militia did not mention any measures taken by its government to provide relief to the afflicted whose homes were destroyed or to face the disaster of damage resulting from rain and torrents.
While the Iranian arm continues its celebratory activities with what it calls Al-Ghadeer Day, and has allocated billions to publish huge advertising interfaces throughout the governorates and districts .
The Ministry of Health statement to the coup government included an appeal to local councils and relevant authorities to take the necessary measures to protect citizens, whether by restoring or expanding flood streams or making Iron and concrete barriers on dams and water barriers, educating visitors and preventing them from swimming, as well as transferring markets that were built in torrents, re-planning residential areas, and preventing construction on agricultural land.
The statement did not mention the allocation of the coup government, which possesses all local and common resources, to any funds to confront the flood disaster and to relieve the homeless and the afflicted.
