lightning and flash floods have killed 50 people in Yemen since Friday, including 27 who died when a torrent washed away a wedding convoy, local officials said on Saturday.
Storms have battered the Arabian Peninsula country since Friday, triggering flash floods in several areas that killed 41 people, while nine others, including a soldier, were struck by lightning and died. The wedding convoy was travelling on Friday through Wadi Nakhla, 260 km south of Sanaa, when it was swept by a torrent, an official said on Saturday.
Three women and four children were among the dead. Twelve bodies were also found in Udayn district, in the central province of Ibb but many motorists are still missing after their cars were carried away by floods, another official said. Two women were killed in floods in northern provinces. Yemen is prone to floods triggered by monsoon downpours that cause massive damage due to lack of infrastructure in most impoverished Arab country.