According to initial assessments by the Yemen Red Crescent Society (YRCS), 341,285 people have been directly affected by the heavy rains and flooding that recently hit the country, causing significant damage to residents and internally displaced persons’ sites, their homes, temporary shelters, and infrastructure, impacting thousands of families, many of whom have been displaced for years. The floods have led to the destruction of a large number of mud houses and displaced persons’ tents, destroyed numerous water sources, roads, disrupted livelihoods, submerged agricultural lands, caused severe damage to livestock, threatening food security, and moved unexploded ordinances into residential areas causing a high risk to people and humanitarian workers responding on the ground. On the 7 August, the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation issued an urgent request to regional and international partners and international humanitarian organizations for support. According to YRCS reports, covering the period from 28 July to 14 August, approximately 48,755 families were directly affected by the rains and floods. In Al Hudaydah, 12,915 families were affected, with 30 deaths and five missing persons. Hajjah saw 10,480 families affected, while in Sa’ada, 3,451 families were impacted, resulting in two deaths. In Taiz, 6,494 families were affected, with 15 fatalities. Marib reported 12,305 affected families, Al Jawf 1,740 families, and Ibb 1,370 families – Reliefweb report.