CAIRO: Floodwaters swept through a village in northern Yemen, inundating homes and shops and leaving at least 24 people missing, authorities said Wednesday. Heavy rains over the past few days pounded the Melhan district in Al-Mahwit province, triggering floods that caved in seven homes and four shops, according to a statement by Yemen’s Houthis. Yemen was already the poorest Arab nation before it was plunged into civil war in 2014, when Iran-backed Houthis took control of the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country’s north, forcing the government to flee to the south.