Rare Tropical Storm in Gulf of Aden May Affect Yemen, Somalia, Djibouti

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2. "severe flash flooding...loss of life, livestock, crops, infrastructure."

When you think of all the mudslides in Mediterranean climate California, it's easy to imagine it's going to hit people who just don't see and build for this. Made me think of all those old mud villages on mountain ridges and their terraced fields.

And this. This 500-year-old city made of tough sun-dried mudbrick is well away from the coast, but near the foot of mountains in a large wadi, and water obviously runs through that wash the vehicle is crossing. Even in this climate, though, these buildings would have weathered a lot of storms. They're reportedly cooler, and warmer, than if made of concrete.

In Yemen, there's a city full of 500 year old skyscrapers made of mud

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https://www.citymetric.com/skylines/yemen-theres-city-full-500-year-old-skyscrapers-made-mud-1462

Hope it misses. Our Gulf Coast didn't get huge cholera outbreaks after Hurricane Harvey only because there was no Vibrio cholerae already there to cut loose.