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In Yemen, cities spared from war fall prey to climate change

When a barrage of cyclone warnings reached this small city in southeastern Yemen last month, school custodian Alabed Salmeen Omar thought little of them. He had good reason. Omar and his family lived inside the walls of the school grounds, in a structure built of rock and cement. The cyclone, the warnings said, could trigger flash […]