Tents 'entirely submerged' as heavy rains hit Gaza

Drenched, hungry and exhausted, heavy downpours have been battering displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, flooding tens of thousands of tents. Many shelters have been washed away, while blankets and mattresses have been left soaked. According to local authorities, 70,000 tents were flooded in just 12 hours. In Deir el-Bala, displacement camps were inundated as the rain mixed with overflowing sewage. I don't know what We are currently trying to make makeshift repairs to the tents, but they are flooded with water. you're talking Everything has been completely soaked by a mixture of about, but I don't rainwater and sewage. The tents are entirely submerged. Some use shovels and basic tools know what you're to build makeshift earthen barriers, while others attempt to drain the flood water by hand. talking about. The rain also left many without drinking water or food. Mood. food. It is now late afternoon, approaching sunset, and my children and I have yet to eat breakfast, and there is no drinking water, and we have no idea who to turn to or to complain to. Our tent and plastic sheet collapsed. We have nowhere to sleep, and here we are, out on the street. street. In October, a UN report estimated that almost a million displaced Palestinians were living in sites at risk of flooding. Everything that goes inside of a tent is needed at this time. Blankets, winter clothing, anything to reinforce their living situation so that they can make it through the next four months. Since the start of the war in October 2023, most of Gaza's population of more than two million people has been displaced.