Casualty and Missing Persons Toll
The Minister of Emergency Affairs and Disaster Management, Raed al-Saleh, announced on Friday the death of 7 citizens who drowned, including 5 children, in addition to a man who died due to a traffic accident caused by flash floods. Al-Saleh clarified via his account on the (X) platform that Civil Defense teams managed to rescue 60 civilians after their vehicles were surrounded by flash floods, while 4 people remain missing and intensive search operations are underway to find them.
Scale of Field Response
The minister explained that the ministry's teams have been responding for the third consecutive day to the weather event accompanied by heavy rains that led to the formation of flash floods and floods. He noted that Civil Defense teams carried out more than 550 field responses by the morning of today in the governorates of Aleppo, Raqqa, Deir Ezzor, Al-Hasakah, Homs, Idlib, Latakia, Tartous, and Daraa.
Reports and Evacuations
Al-Saleh pointed out that the number of reports received by response teams exceeded 900, which are being handled according to priority order, with priority given to life-threatening cases. He noted that the ministry's teams carried out safe evacuation operations for two schools housing more than 350 students, in addition to coordinating the evacuation of 375 families from camps in Raqqa, and responding to 7 camps in the rural areas of Aleppo and Idlib.
Pumping and Rescue Operations
The minister added that teams responded to reports concerning the removal of more than 150 cars stranded in flash floods, in addition to draining water from more than 100 locations on main roads. He confirmed that the ministry's teams continue their field deployment in affected areas, following up on search and rescue operations and providing assistance to residents, after most Syrian areas witnessed heavy rains since Tuesday afternoon, especially in the northern and eastern regions.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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