Gaza Floods Crisis – Late November 2025

Event: Heavy rains / Winter storms → Flooding of displacement camps & tent shelters

Location: Gaza Strip — multiple tent-camps and displaced-persons sites (including central Gaza, camps in Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, coastal/shore-adjacent camps)

Date/Time: From mid-November 2025 onward (first heavy rains recorded 14 Nov 2025; intensified storms by 25 Nov 2025)

1. Situation Overview

• As winter rains hit Gaza, heavy rainfall and storms have flooded many of the makeshift tent-camps and shelters where displaced Palestinians live, following more than two years of conflict and mass displacement. AP News+3Al Jazeera+3Reuters Connect+3

• Water levels in some areas reportedly rose to 40–50 cm, inundating tents, mattresses, and personal belongings; in many camps, flooding mixed with sewage water — creating acute health and living-condition hazards. 

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• The storm damage has exposed the fragility of displaced-people shelters: tents that survived war destruction are now collapsing or becoming uninhabitable. Reuters+3Reuters+3ReliefWeb+3

2. Human Impact (Preliminary & Reported)

• Shelter loss: Thousands of tents and makeshift shelters flooded or destroyed; reports indicate over 22,000 tents lost or damaged, along with mattresses, cooking sets, personal belongings. Reuters+2L'Orient Today+2

• Displacement / Destitution: Displaced families — already homeless due to war — now find even their temporary refuge incompatible with winter rains; many refrain from staying in tents after flooding. Al Jazeera+2L'Orient Today+2

• Health risks: Floodwaters mixed with sewage; lack of proper water-sanitation increases risk of waterborne diseases, skin infections; damage to field / mobile clinics and shelters reduces capacity for medical response. AP News+3Reuters+3ReliefWeb+3

• Loss of belongings & dignity: Families report mattresses, blankets, clothes, food, and cooking supplies soaked or destroyed. Many have nowhere safe to relocate. ABC+2Al Jazeera+2

Note: Exact numbers for death or injuries due to flooding are not reliably reported yet — the major damage is destruction of shelter and risk exposure rather than immediate casualty counts.

3. Damage to Infrastructure & Services

Shelter & Housing

• Tens of thousands of tents and temporary shelters destroyed or flooded. Reuters+2ReliefWeb+2

• Makeshift shelters and tents are not water- or weather-resistant — fully inadequate for winter rains. Al Jazeera+2Al Jazeera+2

Water, Sanitation & Public Health

• Flooding mixed with sewage due to broken sanitation infrastructure, raising risk of disease outbreaks. Reuters

• Many displaced lack access to clean water, proper drainage, functioning toilets; standing, contaminated water persists — dangerous especially for children and elders. Reuters+2The Times of Israel+2

Health Facilities & Services

• Some field hospitals / emergency clinics forced to suspend operations due to flooding. Reuters+2L'Orient Today+2

• Overburdened existing health infrastructure — which was already fragile before rains — now faces increased load: waterborne diseases, cold-related illness, lack of sanitation. Reuters+1

Mobility & Access

• Flooded roads and camp-area muddy ground hinder movement, distribution of aid, access to medical care and supplies. 

4. Priority Humanitarian Needs

🏠 Shelter & NFI (Non-Food Items)

• Urgent need for weather-proof tents, mobile homes, tarpaulins — current tents are inadequate. Reports estimate ≈ 300,000 new tents/mobile homes required. Reuters+2Al Jazeera+2

• Blankets, warm clothes, mattresses, insulation materials for winter and rain resistance.

🚰 WASH — Water, Sanitation, Hygiene

• Clean water provision (water trucking, purification), repair of water supply systems and sewage networks.

• Hygiene kits, safe sanitation facilities (toilets, drainage), solid waste and sewage management to prevent disease outbreaks.

🏥 Health & Public Health Services

• Mobile/field clinics equipped to treat waterborne illnesses, skin infections, respiratory diseases, cold-related problems.

• Emergency medical supplies and staff surge support.

🛡️ Protection & Livelihood Support

• Support for most vulnerable groups: children, elderly, persons with disabilities, female-headed households.

• Psychosocial support: coping with repeated displacement, loss, illness, uncertainty.

• Food security: many families lost food stock as water destroyed stored food; need for food aid and cooking supplies.

🚨 Early Recovery & Infrastructure Rehabilitation

• Repair/rehabilitation of drainage, sewage, water supply systems where possible.

• Provide durable shelters, longer-term housing solutions rather than repeated temporary tents.

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