With every rainfall, Gaza risks losing access to power and healthcare
Summary
Rain flooded shelters and damaged solar equipment in Gaza, leaving residents without lighting and disrupting access to essential devices. Electricity providers also reported water damage to facilities and generators, while widespread destruction has limited reliable power across the territory.Key Facts
- Rainwater flooded the room of 65-year-old Abu Sajed in Bureij refugee camp and damaged his blood glucose monitor and his family’s solar power system.
- Water also flooded a neighboring tent and destroyed an inverter connected to a solar system.
- In northern Gaza, Mohammed al-Hour uses solar power to charge residents’ phones, but cloudy weather and water leaking into his room disrupt the service.
- Abu Zayed Electricity Company said water entered several facilities, damaged equipment and caused generators to malfunction.
- The company temporarily suspended services at affected branches because of the risk of electrical contact and short circuits.
- UNICEF said recent rainfall affected more than 106,000 people; about 950,000 displaced people live in flood-prone areas, including 400,000 in especially high-risk locations.
- A joint assessment by the World Bank, the United Nations and the European Union estimated that 80 percent of Gaza’s electricity generation and distribution assets had been destroyed or made inoperable during the war.
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