Yemen: 40 People Killed in Torrential Rain Storm

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葉門在哈得拉姆省(Hadhramout)遭豪雨襲擊後，已經超過四十人死亡並且約有三十人失蹤。

寫在Moments In Words From Hadhramout部落格，Omar Barsawad告知人們。

這個時候在哈得拉姆省(Hadhramout)內或是鄰近地區旅遊不安全，可以說是危險的。在過去三天，在哈得拉姆省(Hadhramout)、Mahra省和Shabwa省大部分地區持續降雨；有時候雨會下得很大，但大部分時間，則是持續下毛毛雨。整體狀況不是很好。

在我們阿拉伯習俗裡面，我們慶祝雨-一個來自上帝的祝福。Barsawad解釋：

人們，尤其是貝都因人，下雨時會慶祝，因為這意味著水。水：像在這樣一個乾燥的地方，對許多人來說是如此的珍貴和奢侈。但是，當持續不斷地下著大雨時，只會造成問題；有時候會造成廣泛的破壞甚至有許多次-它奪走了性命。

他還補充說:

With the earth here not that porous, torrents of floods are now sweeping in several places;截至今日；有幾座橋、房屋、耕地-都被洪水沖毀。許多道路現在是不通的；包括從Al Mukalla到Wady、內陸的主要道路。Wady當地，有許多村莊和城鎮已經被洪水切斷或沖毀彼此往來的道路。由於預報接下來幾天將持續降雨，無疑地將會有更多破壞；非常希望，不要再有人因這場大雨而喪生了。

很不幸地這場災害並沒有結束-還是有許多人喪生。根據路透社報導：

葉門在豪雨後的洪水造成41人死亡以及約31人失蹤Floods killed 41 people and around 31 are missing in Yemen after torrential rain left swathes of the impoverished country under water, President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday.

Around 1,700 homes have been destroyed, he said, displacing hundreds of families in the floods that swept the southeastern provinces of Hadramout and Mahra following 30 hours of heavy rainfall.

Barsawad cautions people travelling in the region, saying:

Any one traveling around, must take extreme care. It's very easy to be swept away by floods; most people who lose their lives from floods, are those who are ignorant about what it can do here, or those who are reckless. It's most advisable to listen to what elderly locals say; they know best. Wherever one is, if the locals advise against traveling further or in a certain direction, it's best and safe to listen. Never cross any flooded road however still the water seems or safe it looks - unless many people are already crossing that road. Never park or stay long in a valley; try to keep on upper grounds.

In an email to Global Voices Online, Barsawad writes:

There's no electricity or piped running water in most of Al Mukalla; and the Internet is very slow and shuts down most of the time - from late Wednesday to yesterday, I didn't have any Internet connection. For me to write that last post, I had to do so on Word and then quickly copy and paste in my blog and get all the links done within minutes.

This morning the sun is shining brightly, and Insha Allah (by the will of God) water will dry up. The biggest problem now here, is in Wady Hadhramout (where there are now thousands of people who have fled their homes - including my relatives. I am afraid when all is finally assessed the damage will be huge and the death toll will rise. As you know, most houses in Wady Hadhramout are built of mud - with the heavy rain, floods and pools of standing water, many houses are simply melting down; and as the villages and towns are cut off from each other, supplies like vegetables and other essentials becomes a problem too (as most shops are closed). Anyway with the President here now, I am sure all will be done swiftly to get things back to normal.

Our prayers with our friends in Hadhramout at this difficult time. 10月 26, 2008

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