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Floods in Northwest Syria
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CI Secretariat
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Region
Middle East
Country
Syria
Theme
Humanitarian response
Copyright
Shafak/CARE
Date Image Taken
14 January 22
Caption
This is how the tragic reality of the camps in Northwest Syria looked like after the heavy rains during December 2021. In result of this weather, tents were flooded with water and displaced families lost their only shelter after already previously losing their homes.
Every winter, when it rains, dozens of tents are damaged across the displacement camps and informal gatherings in the northern Idlib governorate. Shafak, one of CARE’s partners in Northwest Syria, monitored the damage in one of those displacement camps. Local humanitarian organizations describe the situation of the displaced families as "afflicted", after they lost their only shelters due to torrential floods being a result of two rainy days.
Unfortunately, this is not a new situation despite over 10 years of people living in displacement. Every winter, humanitarian organizations fear for the same tragic impact of heavy rains, and especially given the steady decline in international funding allocated to Syria. As a result of the ongoing hostilities random camps continue to be formed by the displaced populations, many of them on clay soil, which prevents water drainage. Those camps lack any infrastructure or drainage sewers and are especially prone to floods. The rainy weather is expected to continue for the next few months, which can cause mudslides, so further damage of tents and camps should be anticipated.
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