Fierce rains and floods have killed 24 people in north-west Yemen and south-west Saudi Arabia and cut off several villages, local media and government officials said on Friday. Heavy downpours in Yemen's Wasab Safil district forced a dam to burst, the Interior Ministry said, citing witnesses, killing nine people.
Scattered floods throughout Yemen's north-west region brought rocks tumbling down from hillltops onto buildings. Several homes and a hospital collapsed, killing at least seven. Four people were injured and several remained trapped under the rubble of the hospital, Interior Ministry said.
Yemen's Civilian Defence Centre said the total death toll stood at 23, including some who drowned as flash floods swept through the streets and trapped drivers in their cars. The heavy rains have also isolated villages in south-west Saudi Arabia, near the Yemeni border, the Saudi newspaper Al Watan said. One person was reported dead in Saudi Arabia, according to the Arabic daily.
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