Flooding of 70,000 tents in Gaza kills at least 4 people

Heavy rain in Gaza, meanwhile, has killed at least four people. It caused a sandcliff to collapse in a camp for displaced Palestinians. That rain also flooded out tens of thousands of tents over the weekend. Authorities say flood water levels in some areas have reached a meter and a half. Tents have also been ripped away by strong winds from a series of storms. There have been more than 2,000 distress calls since the storms began and the Palestinian Health Ministry warning that expected cold weather could make it even more dangerous. Let's turn to Crystal Gamansingh who's looking at the conditions inside these displacement camps. Crystal. David, we know that life for the people who have been displaced and forced into these sort of camp cities is just getting harder and harder, and that will continue as we move further towards the winter months and there is more rain that will come. We have seen a major incident yesterday evening with that sand dune collapsing, causing it to sort of collapse and push down on top of tents in the area. There was a frantic search by men in the tent cities trying to see if they could find any children. At last report, we have been told by a video journalist that works for CBC inside Gaza, That a child is still in hospital in critical condition. There were also funerals for two children who were killed in that collapse yesterday. Overall situation continues to be one that NGOs and charities are trying to raise awareness about, just given the lack of regular infrastructure and the exposure that people in these tent cities are having to endure. Sure, these tents are not made to withstand months and potentially years of use. They are meant as temporary shelters. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs put out sort of a list, a summary of what they know so far yesterday, saying that an estimated 6,000, just over 6,000 family shelters were destroyed in the rainstorms this past weekend. More than 17,000 shelters were damaged. They are also saying that 66 latrines were destroyed and that 618 were damaged. So David, if you can just think about that, you have this flood water, you have a lot of raw sewage in that area, you have these shelters that have been damaged, people trying to salvage any of their belongings that are now soaked in rainwater and sewage. It gives you an indication of why the health ministry in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, is warning of potential health consequences. Can we talk about why these storms of late have been particularly dangerous in Gaza? Yeah, the infrastructure is just so poor there that they don't have the capacity for sewer systems. They don't have a lot of fresh running water. Buildings themselves, they don't have a lot of safety in terms of solid structures. Thank you. And then add on top of that the challenges that different organizations have when it comes to bringing in new tents, bringing in new supplies. They do say some gets in, but it doesn't come in fast enough to actually, you know, go through the supply and rebuild and allow for people to have a safer living condition. So they say these conditions will persist, saying that about 1.4 million people are currently living in these displacement camps and they are just exposed to any of the conditions. All right, Crystal Gamansingh, thank you very much.