Flash floods hit Syrian refugee camp

Heavy rain and flooding wreaked havoc in Syria's Atma refugee camp, Turkish NGO Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) said in a written statement on Friday, December 28.

Syrian displaced people walk in a flooded camp near Kah, in Idlib province, northeastern Syria, on December 19, 2018. (AFP)

Footage released by IHH showed submerged refugee tents and flooded roads in refugee camps in Atma, located in Syria's Idlib province.

Heavy rain and flooding has created "catastrophic conditions" for those living in northern Syrian refugee camps, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Wednesday.

Several camps have been submerged underwater and tents destroyed, the UK-based monitor said on its website. IHH and SOHR also said that relief and service parties were doing nothing to help those impacted.

Syria's war has killed hundreds of thousands of people and forced millions to flee in the worst refugee crisis since World War Two.


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