GENEVA: A whole lot of 1000’s of displaced Gazans face flooding of their tents and shelters by heavy rains, and supplies for shelters and sandbags will not be being allowed to enter the enclave, the UN Worldwide Organisation for Migration (IOM) mentioned on Friday (Dec 12).
Torrential rain swept throughout the Gaza Strip on Thursday, flooding lots of of tents sheltering households displaced by two years of war, and resulting in the demise of a child woman on account of publicity, native well being officers mentioned.
Almost 795,000 displaced individuals are at heightened threat of doubtless harmful flooding in low-lying, rubble-filled areas the place households reside in unsafe shelters, the IOM mentioned.
Inadequate drainage and waste administration additionally heightened the chance of illness outbreak, the UN company added.
Supplies to assist reinforce shelters equivalent to timber and plywood, in addition to sandbags and water pumps to assist with flooding have been delayed from getting into Gaza on account of ongoing entry restrictions, the IOM mentioned.
