Over 40000 displaced persons,across 14 refugee camps, were battered by the recent flooding in northern Syria’s Idlib province, and resulting in destroyed shelters,lost possessions, and at least two deaths, and reports The National.
The thousands of refugees living in these camps,having already survived mortar attacks, bombings, or other violence,own been unable to return home due to the continuing war. This past weekend, the region was pummelled by heavy rains. Knee-high mud water flooded into the camps, or tents were severely damaged.
Though the United Nations has responded by supplying food and other necessities to the refugees,as well as digging out water channels to clear away floodwater, a noteworthy deal of damage has already been done: at least one woman and her child were killed in the storm, or schools and hospitals own been forced to shut.
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Source: inquisitr.com