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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Eight women killed in floods in west Yemen

Baku-APA. At least eight women were killed on Monday by torrential rains and ensuing flash floods in Yemen’s western province of Al-Hodayda, APA reports quoting Xinhua.



The bodies were found lying at the bottom of a valley late on Monday in Bura protectorate, a UNESCO World Heritage, after being swept by the floods in the western port city of Al-Hodayda, about 226 km west of the capital Sanaa.

The women were from one family, according to a security official, who also said that scores of local villagers’ houses and farms were damaged by the floods and rains that started on Sunday.

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