Seven Yemenis die in heavy rains
Heavy rain has killed seven people in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital.
A security official said the torrential downpour on Wednesday also swept away a large number of homes in a shanty town north of the city.
There has been unusually heavy rainfall across the Arabian peninsula this week, with two people killed in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Monday.
In 2008, severe flooding killed approximately 180 people. Aid agencies said 10,000 people were made homeless.
