https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/syrias-rainstorm-kills-child-damages-displacement-camps
Heavy rain has caused widespread flooding at displacement camps in northwest Syria, killing one child and damaging and destroying the tents of thousands of families. Thousands and children and families have been displaced from their tents. People were forced to sleep outside in the open air without any supplies or blankets. Some people had to walk in the mud with bare feet to try to help others Syrian Civil Defense, also known as White Helmet, a volunteer search and rescue group, confirmed on Tuesday that a six year old boy was killed in Idilb province after the brick wall around his tent collapsed on him. There was a total of at least 41,200 people were affected by the storm and the flooding. White Helmet documented damages in 169 camps in Idilb and Aleppo. Future weather predicts worse conditions with forecasts of snow and temperatures to -3 Degrees Celsius.
Natural disasters affect almost every single country every year and almost always impossible to prevent damages. For example in 2005 when hurricane Katrina hit the United States, the damages were extensive and cost close to 1 billion in repairs. The repairs in this case are camps that are very important to multiple families because they are their only home. Displacement camps are used to house families and if their homes are ruined then they have nowhere to go. It can be hard to repair these camps because of the flooding which can take days to get rid of including having to wait for the soil to harden. Because there was also much mud involved, it can hard to even try to place another camp there because of the mud which doesn’t support any housing or movement.