Several dead when sandbar collapses in Gaza
Quick Look
- Heavy rain and strong winds have hit tent camps in Gaza, worsening the humanitarian situation.
- Rainwater and sewage have risen sharply, affecting hundreds of thousands of families living in dilapidated tents.
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Why It Matters
Hundreds of thousands of families have been living in tattered tents in Gaza for about three years. The UN's UNRWA estimated shortly before the storm that some 1.98 million Gazans needed help with housing.
Heavy rain and strong winds have hit the makeshift tent camps very hard. It has further aggravated the acute humanitarian situation.
- Rainwater mixed with sewage has risen to one meter in some places. People barely had time to take their children and escape. The rain that was always considered a blessing is now a curse, says Gaza photographer Hussien Abdull Jawad.
Hundreds of thousands of families have been living in worn tents for about three years. Shortly before the storm, the UN's UNRWA had estimated that about 1.98 million Gazans, equivalent to 94 percent of the population, needed help with housing and other basic necessities.
Open Questions
- How much damage have the tent camps suffered in total?
- What emergency support can be distributed to those affected?
