Floods Affect Over 329,000 People in Yemen: HMC Issues Urgent Report
The Humanitarian Media Center (HMC) has released a special assessment covering 15–31 August 2025, highlighting the devastating humanitarian consequences of the floods and flash floods that struck Yemen, affecting at least 16 governorates.
According to HMC’s findings, 47,050 households (approximately 329,000 people) were affected, including more than 27,300 internally displaced households—representing 58% of the total affected population. The disaster also left 62 people dead, 73 injured, and 4 missing as of 31 August.
The governorates of Hajjah, Taiz, Al Hudaydah, Aden, and Lahj accounted for nearly 85% of the total affected population, suffering widespread damage including landslides, flooding of displacement sites, destruction of roads and bridges, and contamination of water sources, in addition to heavy losses in crops and livestock.
Despite the scale of the disaster, humanitarian response remains extremely limited. By the end of August, only 3% of shelter and non-food item (NFI) needs had been met. Meanwhile, the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) was just 13.6% funded as of July, with the shelter/NFI sector facing a particularly acute funding gap.
The report identifies Hajjah, Aden, Taiz, Al Hudaydah, and Marib as top-priority governorates for intervention, calling for urgent measures to bridge the funding gap, scale up multi-sectoral responses, rehabilitate critical infrastructure, and invest in sustainable solutions that strengthen community resilience.
HMC stressed that the report aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the disaster and urgent humanitarian needs, and to call on partners and donors to act swiftly in support of affected and displaced families.
* Read the full report in Arabic تقرير خاص- آثار الفيضانات في اليمن – HMC
* Read the full report in English تقرير خاص- آثار الفيضانات في اليمن – HMC – English
