By: Norhan Mahmoud
CAIRO, Jan. 9 (SEE)- Devastation, trembling and relocation is what Syrian refugees, inhabiting camps in Lebanon, have witnessed as storm ‘Norma’ overran the country with snow, winds and heavy rains.
Across Lebanon, electricity services have been cut off, some ports have been shutdown, schools have been suspended and crops at mountainous areas have been damaged.
The extreme weather conditions have blanketed tents with white snow and heavy rains have flooded roads in Bekaa and Arsal regions.
A view of flooded tents of Syrian refugees in Bar Elias town, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon January 7, 2019. Picture taken January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
Although, earlier today Norma started to recede bringing tolerate temperatures, lighter snow and fewer rain, as per Lebanon’s Meteorological Agency, yet the suffering of the refugees still goes on.
The Associated Press (AP) reported that in the Northern town of Minya the body of an 8-year-old Syrian girl, that have been missing since Tuesday morning, was found in a nearby orchard.
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)’s spokeswoman Lisa Abu-Khaled told the AP that around 300 people have been relocated so far in Bekaa.
A Syrian female refugee holding her child midst a makeshift at Arsal/ Image Credit: Reuters
Meanwhile, as per the UNHCR, almost 151 camps have been severely affected by the storm threatening the lives of 11,000 Syrian refugees and currently 70,000 persons are menaced.
“I can’t get up on my own, there’s no fuel, nothing, nobody to help,” 85-year-old Helem Amer told Reuters, wrapped in a blanket.
Lebanon is home to more than 1 million Syrian refugees, in which most live under severely miserable conditions lacking the aid of giving hands- despite all the global initiatives.
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