The government communications office in Gaza: - 70,000 tents for displaced people were flooded within 12 hours of the beginning of the low tide. - 3 million dollars in initial direct losses due to rain and wind. - Receiving 1,500 distress calls from families whose tents and shelter centers were flooded. Entire camps were flooded, and families lost their beds, blankets and basic belongings. - Hundreds of cracked buildings are in danger of collapsing, and families must be evacuated from houses damaged by the rain.