Heavy rains flood tents sheltering displaced Gazans for 3rd day

Dozens of tents sheltering displaced families have been flooded by rainwater in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Civil Defence said Sunday, Anadolu reports. For the third consecutive day, Gaza has been affected by a weather depression accompanied by cold air, rain, and strong winds, with meteorological forecasts expecting it to subside by Sunday evening. Stormy winds have caused thousands of tents to collapse or be blown away, leaving families staying on the streets and forcing many to seek shelter inside destroyed buildings that pose serious safety risks. In a statement, the Gaza Civil Defence renewed warnings about the “risk of destroyed, structurally unstable buildings collapsing on their occupants” due to heavy rain and […]