Taiz, Yemen. 23rd March 2017. An environmental disaster threatens millions of inhabitants in Yemen as a result of the ongoing conflict. As the municipal headquarters have been shut down and the waste collection service has stopped in Taiz, the uncollected waste has leaked into the sewage system through torrential rain. Recently Taiz hospitals have received many cases of cholera and dengue fever as a result of the worsening of the humanitarian situation in the city. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Live News
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March 23, 2017 - An environmental disaster threatens millions of inhabitants in Yemen as a result of the ongoing conflict. As the municipal headquarters have been shut down and the waste collection service has stopped in Taiz, the uncollected waste has leaked into the sewage system through torrential rain. Recently Taiz hospitals have received many cases of cholera and dengue fever as a result of the worsening of the humanitarian situation in the city. At times people in Taiz have used bulldozers to dispose of the garbage themselves (Credit Image: © Abdulnasser Alseddik/ImagesLive via ZUMA Wire)