US EditionGaza civil defence says 13 dead as heavy rains batter territory
Storm Byron caused flooding and structural collapses in Gaza, killing at least 16 people including children, amid inadequate shelter and delayed humanitarian aid, the civil defense reported.
- On Friday, Gaza's civil defence agency said at least 13 people had died in the last 24 hours as heavy rain from Storm Byron flooded tents and temporary shelters across the Gaza Strip since late Wednesday.
- The IOM warned nearly 795,000 displaced people face heightened flood risk due to storm damage and delayed reinforcement materials, Gaza civil defence said on Friday.
- Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said six people died in a Bir al-Naja house collapse, two bodies were recovered in Sheikh Radwan, and teams responded to 13 collapsed houses amid hundreds of calls.
- The World Health Organization warned on Friday that thousands of displaced families are sheltering in low-lying or debris-filled coastal areas with no drainage or protective barriers, expecting a surge in respiratory infections.
- `The mattress has been soaked since this morning, and the children slept in wet bedding last night`, Umm Muhammad Joudah told AFP, adding, `We don't have any dry clothes to change into`.
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Heavy rain set to return after Storm Byron batters Israel with record numbers
Officials said rainfall totals in parts of southern coastal plain and western Negev reached roughly half of annual average in just two days; in some locations, it was the wettest 24-hour period since the 1990s
Several buildings collapsed and several people died, but the cold also claimed the lives of several children who died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip. Unicef speaks of "deteriorating" hygienic conditions.
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Gaza storm kills at least 13, including three children who froze to death in tents
GAZA CITY, Dec 13 — Gaza’s civil defence agency yesterday said at least 13 people had died in the last 24 hours, including three children who died from exposure to the cold, as a winter storm batters the territory.Heavy rain from Storm Byron has flooded tents and temporary shelters across the Gaza Strip since late Wednesday, compounding the suffering of the territory’s residents, nearly all of whom were displaced during more than two years of wa…
As the bombings stopped in Gaza, it is the sky that is now unleashing, endangering the population. During the passage of storm Byron, diluvian rains fell on the refugee camps. A disaster for them, while humanitarian aid remains insufficient and no agreement on the reconstruction of Gaza was found. According to the Gaza Civil Defence, these rains, which also caused collapses, resulted in at least thirteen deaths. (International).
Torrential rain brings more death and destruction to war-battered Gaza
TEL AVIV — Torrential rain has turned the Gaza Strip’s tent cities into swamps, killed at least a dozen people and washed away hopes that a ceasefire that has lasted two months would substantially improve the quality of life for millions of displaced people.“No one brought us anything,” Nael Salah told NBC News on Thursday, standing ankle-deep in a large puddle in front of several flooded tents at a camp in northern Gaza’s Zeitoun camp.
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