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Dam breaks and flooding create emergency

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This is a developing story. It will be updated with new information as we receive it. Please check back. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for Midland County after the Edenville and Sanford Dams breached. The breaches were caused by several days of rainfall and rising water and have forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in mid-Michigan. For the second time in less than 24 hours, families living along two lakes and a river were ordered Tuesday night to leave home. If you have not evacuated the area, do so now and get somewhere safe,” said Whitmer during a 10 p.m. press conference. “This is unlike anything we’ve seen in Midland County. If you have a family member or loved one who lives in another part of the state, go there now. If you don’t, go to one of the shelters that have opened across the county. I want to thank the emergency responders, Michigan National Guard members, and the Michigan State Police on the ground helping residen...

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Global health: Yemen

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Global health: Yemen faces unprecedented risks with the spread of Corona The World Health Organization said that Yemen faces unprecedented risks with the emergence of the emerging Corona virus. The organization added in a statement published late on Monday on its website, that the threat posed by Covid-19 to Yemen is different of its kind, and the measures to mitigate the effects of the epidemic are more complicated than others in other countries, especially as the health system in Yemen is still suffering from Extreme exhaustion with limited resources. She noted that 24 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, while increasing rates of malnutrition affecting the immune systems against infectious diseases. She explained that the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic interferes with other infectious diseases such as cholera and diphtheria which still require an emergency response in Yemen, while only half of the hospitals are operating at full capacity. ...

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The Yemeni government is calling for help in the world: save us from corona The Yemeni government launched a distress call for UN and international organizations to support their efforts in dealing with epidemics, confronting the new Corona virus "Covid 19" in the temporary capital of Aden and the rest of the governorates, supporting the health sector and implementing projects for environmental sanitation. This came during a press conference held by the Yemeni local administration ministers, Abd al-Raqib Fateh, and public health and population Dr. Nasser Ba`oum, in Riyadh, to discuss developments in the humanitarian situation in Yemen, especially in light of the outbreak of the Corona virus. Minister Fateh said that, before the epidemic, King Salman Relief Center provided support and sent medical and preventive supplies and means to confront the Corona virus, and the Kingdom pledged $ 25 million to confront the pandemic, and the center announced the allocation...

Yemen Covid_19

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 , Yemen records two deaths and 4 new injuries in Corona Covid_19 http://arbahyhome.blogspot.com/ On Sunday, the Yemeni authorities announced two new deaths and 4 cases of the Corona virus in  Hadramawt Governorate, in the east of the country. In a statement, the Higher Committee to confront Corona said that the past hours witnessed 4 confirmed injuries in Hadhramaut and two deaths, while the rest of the Yemeni governorates did not register any new figures. According to health authorities in the governorates of Aden and Sana'a, the number of confirmed cumulative injuries in Yemen has increased since April 10 to 130 and 21 deaths, while only 3 cases have recovered. Earlier on Sunday, the Yemeni government launched a distress call for international organizations to support their efforts in confronting Corona and epidemics in Aden and the rest of the provinces. The government did not reveal the number of epidemic victims in Aden, but sources conf...

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