LONDON: All Nour owned was washed away in a single stormy night at the Karamah displacement camp in northwest Syria’s Idlib province — a tent, a few pieces of furniture and some clothing.
She had already lost everything once before. Years earlier, fighting forced her family to flee their home in the countryside of Aleppo.
“When we fled our home in Aleppo back in 2014, I was only 13 and couldn’t even save a single doll,” said Nour, whose name has been changed at her request.
“Just as I couldn’t carry anything back then, I couldn’t carry anything when my home got flooded two weeks ago,” she said. “The neighbors told me to run quickly, and I had to save myself and my child.”
In early February, torrential rains swept through Idlib, Latakia and Hama, inundating camps, homes and farmland. Tents collapsed, crops were destroyed and lives were lost as thousands of already vulnerable families struggled through harsh winter conditions.
