By Dawoud Abu Alkas and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Heavy rains have flooded tens of thousands of tents housing displaced Palestinians crammed into encampments across the Gaza Strip, washing away shelters and soaking blankets and mattresses, local authorities said on Saturday.
Heavy rain on Saturday flooded tens of thousands of displaced people's tents in war-devastated Gaza, Palestinian authorities said, leaving them without shelter. In a statement, the Hamas-run government media office said that about "70,000 tents sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people were f…
Heavy rainfall has flooded thousands of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, including in Deir al-Balah. Residents say overflowing sewage has mixed with the floodwater, further worsening already dire living conditions.
Gaza's first major winter storm flooded at least 70,000 displacement tents, affecting an estimated 350,000 people as damaged infrastructure, fuel shortages and limited aid hindered emergency response.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa CAIRO/GAZA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Torrential rain in Gaza caused a sand embankment to collapse on to tents, killing a woman and three small children in an incident that highlighted the danger facing hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians as the rainy winter…
