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Yemen:Flood:1999/12
Duration1999/12 The Socotra Archipelago, southern Yemen, in the Indian Ocean, has suffered massive floods caused by successive periods of torrential rainfall since the evening of 4 December 1999.
Country or DistrictYemen
NameFlood

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Personal Injury Material Damage Others
OCHA Situation Report No. 1 1999/12/10
Local residents have been left homeless.

Around 400 homes have been destroyed.There was substantial loss of livestock.


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  • OCHA Situation Report No. 1 1999/12/10
    The Government of Yemen has not issued an official appeal for international assistance but requested OCHA's/ UNDP's immediate intervention to address the emergency needs of medicines, blankets and foodstuffs in the aftermath of the massive floods.
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