FAO Forecasts More Storms in Yemen That Will Impact Thousands

Yemenis gather outside their makeshift shelters as rainwater flood a street following a heavy rainfall in Sanaa, Yemen, 19 August 2022. (EPA)

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) forecasted more storms over the already flooded areas of western Yemen.

“A five-day forecast indicates that by September 5, cumulative rainfall over much of Ibb, western al-Dhale, and eastern Taiz will get a high of 100 mm, potentially putting about 8,100 people at risk,” it stressed in its agrometeorological early warning bulletin.