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Flooding Kills 90 in Yemen; 20,000 Displaced

HeadlineOct 28, 2008

And flooding in Yemen has killed at least ninety people and displaced 20,000 others. Torrential rain has affected much of the country.

Awad Mubarak: “This is the first time that anything like this has ever happened. Torrents were coming in. We never expected it to that extent. The water entered from the third floor. Our house is four or five floors. The water didn’t enter from the bottom of the house. The house began to shake.”

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