Blizzard overwhelms displaced in northwest Syria

The snowstorm that has been raging within the area for days now has wreaked havoc in dozens of displaced camps and destroyed hundreds of tents.

The Syrian Civil Protection Group (White Helmets) reported Jan. 22 that 72 camps housing about 2,250 households in northwestern Syria have sustained various levels of injury from the blizzard hitting the area since Jan. 18.

On Jan. 23, a child died in a camp in northern Syria.

 A cry for assist

In an interview with Al-Monitor, the director of the Al-Amin camp in Kafr Uruq within the countryside of Idlib stated that a number of households within the camp have been affected by the snowstorm and the closure of the highway resulting in the camps. He stated the kid’s dying has ratcheted up worry within the frigid camps, which have very sparse medical providers and few residents have any warmth in any respect.

Fatima al-Ali, who was displaced from Sinjar to a camp in Afrin, informed Al-Monitor how she and her household had been woken in the midst of the evening when their tent collapsed over them. “I used to be crying out for assist. This was the one of many worst nights we confronted throughout this storm. We have struggled with heavy rainfall, however this storm is way worse,” she stated.

Based on preliminary statistics printed previously few days, the snow storm and heavy rain have destroyed round 920 tents and broken 1,900 others in 72 camps.