A recent UN report warned of the risk of severe floods in low-lying areas of Yemen, especially in the Hadhramaut and Al-Mahra governorates, during the second half of this April.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its meteorological early warning bulletin, issued on Tuesday, that “expectations indicate a positive anomaly in rainfall in parts of Hadramaut and Al-Mahra governorates during the second half of this month of April 2024.”
The bulletin added that heavy rains will include parts of the western region of Al-Mahra Governorate, and the central regions of Hadramaut, which may lead to some flash floods, especially around the cities of Sayun and Tarim specifically, during this period.
The FAO indicated that the effects of the heavy rains and the resulting floods are expected to reach the northern regions of Shabwa, as well as some eastern parts of the Ma’rib and Al-Jawf governorates, in the northeast of the country.
The bulletin stated that the second half of April 2024 usually witnesses an increase in the level of rainfall throughout the country, and accordingly, “forecasts for the coming period and until the end of this month indicate the possibility that the rainfall exceeds the threshold of 150 mm in some parts of the central and northern highland governorates.” Ibb, Dhamar, Amran, Hajjah, Sa’ada).
