attributed reports, Nov 7 (see sources)
Gaza officials say winter rain flooded about 70,000 tents
Civil defence reported about 1,500 distress calls in 10 hours.
Key facts
- Tents
- About 70,000 tents flooded within 12 hours (Gaza Government Media Office, via Al Jazeera)
- Calls
- About 1,500 distress calls in 10 hours (Gaza civil defence, via Al Jazeera)
- Injuries
- People injured after walls collapsed, Government Media Office said; two injured in one northern Gaza wall collapse (Wafa via Al Jazeera)
- Fatalities
- Opened report does not give a storm death toll; no claim of zero deaths is made here
Note
About 70,000 tents sheltering displaced Palestinians flooded within 12 hours of winter rain, Gaza's Government Media Office said on Saturday, Nov 7, Al Jazeera reports.
Civil defence reported about 1,500 distress calls in 10 hours.
The tents figure counts tents, not people or separate families. The Government Media Office said walls collapsed and people were injured. Al Jazeera, citing Wafa, reports two people injured in a northern Gaza wall collapse.
Civil defence said water rose by 30 to 40 centimeters at several shelter sites. The report gives no confirmed storm fatality tally, so this note does not claim zero deaths.
Families living in damaged tents face flooded bedding and contaminated water as the rainy season begins.
Why it matters
Families living in damaged tents face flooded bedding and contaminated water as the rainy season begins.
Sources
Primary + secondary attribution as listed.
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