Dam collapse kills 4 in Yemen


SANAA, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed in Yemen on Sunday after the collapse of a water dam in the Al Mahwit governorate, about 111 km west of the capital Sanaa.

Local authorities confirmed that the Al-Aqabi Dam in the Hafash district of Al Mahwit governorate had collapsed, causing a flood that swept away a mosque with four people inside, killing all of them.

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