Palestine: 'Storm Huda' Hits Palestine

Jan 10, 2015 | Middle East Monitor
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'Storm Huda' first hit Palestine on Wednesday as severe snow storms hit Ramallah and the higher areas in Bethlehem, Hebron, Jerusalem and Nablus. Heavy rain hit Gaza which has lead to severe flooding in some areas. In the Khan Younis area of Gaza, two-month-old Rafah Ali Abu Assi died on Friday morning due to the below-freezing temperatures.

This year's storm follows last winter's 'Storm Alexa' which brought several feet of snow in some areas and left thousands of people across the West Bank without electricity for a number of days.

In Gaza many people continue to live in houses that have not been repaired since Israel's attacks on the area last summer or in makeshift shelters, leaving these inhabitants particularly exposed to the freezing conditions.