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2022_Syria_Floods
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Uploading member
CI Secretariat
Consent form provided?
Yes
Region
Middle East
Style
Documentary
Image size
4272x2848
Source
Digital Camera
Country
Syria
Theme
Humanitarian response
Keywords
Housing/Shelter, Hygiene/Sanitation, Natural Disaster, Refugee/displaced people, Refugee camps, Rural
Credit
Shafak/CARE
Copyright
Shafak/CARE
Date Image Taken
19 December 21
Caption
Floods in North West Syria. Syrian displaced people lost their life and three others injured - close to 142,000 Internally Displaced People affected by the floods across Northwest Syria
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.