Floods in NW Syria | Nearly 400 tents and over 100 camps damaged in 48 hours

A new humanitarian disaster hits north-western Syria region, as the heavy rain in the past 48 hours have made hundreds of families homeless, after over 100 camps in this region, which hosts hundreds of thousands of displaced people, have sustained significant damage. On the other hand, rescue teams are trying to dig canals to drain water caused by heavy rain in several camps in Darkush, Kherbat Al-Juz, Sarmada, Maarrat Misrin and other areas.

 

SOHR activists have reported that the number of tents which have been flooded and damaged due to these heavy rain in the past few hours has exceeded 400 tents in several camps, including camps in Deir Hassan, Sarmada, Al-Dana, Atma, Um Jarn, Kafr Arouq, Kelli, Qah, Ma’ar Shorin, Zardana, Al-Halazouna, Tiba, Kafr Yahmoul, Al-Diyaa, Tal Al-Daman, Babsaqa, Al-Iba’a, Al-Nour, Halab al-Shehaba, Batbo, Halab camp near Darkoush, Kherbet Al-Juz, Ahl Al-Izz and other camps north of Idlib and western Aleppo.

 

A day earlier, SOHR sources said that inhabitants of the camps of Harbanoush, Al-Fardous and Sheikh Bahr in Idlib countryside, sent out a distress call to humanitarian and relief organizations after floods devastated a number of their tents, caused damage to many of them and displaced their inhabitants, as bad weather and heavy rain continued.

 

The Syrian Observatory appeals to all organizations concerned and the international community to provide urgent support for the displaced people, including heating materials, clothing, food and medical supplies, and help them to face of the natural factors, which deepen their suffering especially with the bad weather and freezing cold every winter.