Powerful cyclone causes flooding in Yemen, already hit by civil war
by Reuters from on (#SEJE)
Most intense storm in decades sends thousands fleeing for shelter. UN says of 1.8 million people in cyclone-hit area, 1.4m already need humanitarian support
A cyclone with hurricane-force winds made landfall on Yemen's Arabian Sea coast on Tuesday, flooding the country's fifth-largest city, Mukalla, and sending thousands of people fleeing for shelter.
Officials and meteorologists say the cyclone is the most intense in decades in the arid country, whose storm response is hampered by poverty and a raging civil war.
