Gaza’s infrastructure collapse leaves residents defenceless against floods
Summary
Heavy rain has flooded displacement camps and businesses in Gaza, where war damage has weakened sewage and stormwater systems. Local officials say shortages of fuel, equipment, funding, and supplies limit emergency response and repair work.Key Facts
- Gaza’s Government Media Office says rain submerged or damaged 70,000 tents, affecting about 350,000 people.
- Water in some displacement camps reached nearly 1.5 metres, according to the media office.
- The media office reports that more than 700 kilometres of Gaza’s sewage network have been destroyed.
- Gaza’s Civil Defence received more than 2,000 distress calls within 12 hours of the storm and responded to 218, citing fuel shortages and equipment breakdowns.
- Gaza City municipality says it lost about 85 percent of its vehicles and heavy equipment during the war.
- Municipal spokesman Husni Muhanna says six of Gaza City’s eight sewage pumps were destroyed, and drainage capacity has fallen to about 20 percent at best.
- Gaza City has lost about 2,800 of its 4,800 storm drains that existed before the war, Muhanna says.
- The municipality and local institutions have prepared a winter emergency plan requiring $1.3 million in materials and field equipment, but officials say Israeli restrictions hinder funding and supplies.
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