One dead after cyclone hits war-torn Yemen

At least one elderly woman was killed near Aden, Yemen when her house caught on fire due to Sagar, according to the Associated Press.

In addition, the emergency centre of Yemen's Health Ministry reported that flash flooding is causing sewage to pour into the streets of Aden. 

Yemen's Minister of Local Administration, Abdulraqeeb Fatah, has ordered governors of coastal provinces to form emergency committees to deal with the crisis, the state-run Saba news agency reported.

He also called on the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen, Liza Grande, to work with the government in sending aid, medical supplies and humanitarian teams to affected areas.

The UK Met Office warned earlier in the week of "severe flash flooding and river flooding across the region will lead to a loss of human life, livestock, and the destruction of crops, property and infrastructure". The heavy rainfall "is likely to promote cholera infection rates in the weeks ahead", it added.

Ealrier this month the World Health Organisation began the first anti-cholera vaccination campaign in Yemen, coinciding with the rainy season, which health workers fear could spread the disease further.

Some 10,000 people have been killed since March 2015 in the conflict between Saudi-backed pro-government forces and Houthi rebels.

The war has also displaced more than 2 million people, and fewer than half of health facilities are still functioning.