The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has approved urgent support to address the damage caused to some historical buildings in the city of Zabid, which is listed on the World Heritage List, due to the heavy rains that the country has recently witnessed.

Four people, all women and children, were killed and injured in a house collapse in Ibb Governorate (central Yemen), as a result of the continuous rains that the governorate has been witnessing for months.

The Yemeni government called for urgent international intervention to preserve and protect archaeological areas and sites, especially in areas controlled by the Houthis, from the danger of rain and floods that have been hitting the country for months.

An entire family of 6 people died at dawn on Friday, when their house collapsed due to continued rainfall in one of the towns of Al Mahwit Governorate (northwest of Yemen).

Two Yemeni archaeological landmarks in the governorates of Hodeidah and Amran, in the west and north of the country, were damaged due to the heavy rains that have been hitting the country for weeks.

Six houses collapsed in a number of districts in Ibb Governorate (central Yemen) during the past 36 hours, bringing the total number of collapsed houses in the governorate since the beginning of August to 13 amid a rainy wave that has hit the country.