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Article: Invasive shrub blamed for exacerbating recent floods (Local).
- Article from:
- Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen)
- Article date:
- July 29, 2009
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MUKALLA, Dec. 12 -- (IRIN) - Agricultural experts, government officials and local communities in Hadramaut Governorate, southern Yemen, are urging the government to tackle an evergreen and fast-growing shrub which has been blocking waterways, with sometimes devastating consequences.
They say the shrub is responsible for exacerbating the late October floods by blocking watercourses and diverting floodwater into villages which might otherwise have been unscathed. At least 90 people were killed, and 20,000-25,000 were made homeless by the floods.
The governor of Hadramaut, Salem al-Khanbishi, told IRIN the shrub must be eradicated. "We must find a quick ...