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In the days after the storm, airstrikes and attacks continued elsewhere in the country.<ref name="rw115"/> One week after Chapala, Cyclone Megh followed a similar path.<ref name="megh">{{cite report|publisher=India Meteorological Department|title=Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm, Megh over the Arabian Sea (05-10 November 2015): A Report |date=December 2015|access-date=22 January 2016|url=http://www.rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in/images/pdf/publications/preliminary-report/Megh.pdf}}</ref> Together, the passages of Chapala and Megh near Socotra and mainland Yemen killed 26 people and displaced 47,000 people.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|title=Humanitarian Bulletin Yemen Issue 5|via=ReliefWeb|date=13 November 2015|access-date=2 February 2016|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/20151113_Yemen_Humanitarian_Bulletin_5.pdf}}</ref> Relief distribution was disrupted due to the poor communications in the region, worsened by the ongoing civil war,<ref name="curse">{{cite news|agency=IRIN|date=3 November 2015|access-date=29 January 2016|title=Yemen's curse: civil war, bombs, and now floods|via=ReliefWeb|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemens-curse-civil-war-bombs-and-now-floods}}</ref> with the hardest hit areas under al-Qaeda control;<ref name="rw114"/> aid trucks had to pass security clearances, resulting in delays.<ref name="wfp1112"/> Workers began restoring communications and clearing roads in the days after the storm.<ref name="ocha116"/> By 19 November, most of the displaced residents had returned home, although some remained in shelters due to housing damage.<ref name="f11">{{cite report|publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|via=ReliefWeb|date=19 November 2015|title=Yemen: Cyclones Chapala and Megh Flash Update 11|access-date=3 February 2016|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Yemen_Flash_%20Update_%2011_19_Nov_Final.pdf}}</ref> Southern portions of Yemen saw food and fuel shortages following the two storms.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=World Food Programme|title=Yemen Market Situation Update Weeks 1 and 2: November 2015|date=25 November 2015|via=ReliefWeb|access-date=3 February 2016|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/wfp279546.pdf}}</ref> Mukalla experienced an outbreak of [[dengue fever]] by January 2016 due to the floods, affecting 1,040 people; earlier efforts to kill disease carrying mosquitoes were ineffective due to residual floods and unsanitary conditions. Seven people died due to the outbreak.<ref name="al14">{{cite news|title=Dengue fever spreads in Yemeni city ravaged by cyclone|newspaper=[[Al Jazeera]]|author=Saeed Al Batati|access-date=3 February 2016|date=4 January 2016|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/dengue-fever-spreads-yemeni-city-ravaged-cyclone-160103072554970.html}}</ref> Flooding from Chapala led to a locust outbreak in March 2016, which spread across Yemen and reached as far as Pakistan.<ref>{{cite report|author=Keith Cressma|publisher=Desert Locust Information Service|date=12 August 2016|access-date=9 April 2020|title=Yemen March 2016–present Post-cyclone Outbreak|url=http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/common/ecg/2312/en/1603YEMe.pdf}}</ref>
Agencies under the United Nations and non-government organizations provided assistance to the storm victims,<ref name="rw115"/> although aid agencies were cautious in helping a city under control of Al Qaeda.<ref name="al14"/> The [[Red Crescent Society of the United Arab Emirates]], in conjunction with the Khalifa Foundation and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, provided aid to the hardest hit areas of mainland Yemen via an [[airbridge (logistics)|airbridge]],<ref>{{cite report|date=3 November 2015|title=Yemen – Tropical Cyclone Chapala (ECHO, GDACS, JTWC, NMS, NASA, Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 November 2015)|publisher=European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office|via=ReliefWeb|access-date=29 January 2016|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-tropical-cyclone-chapala-echo-gdacs-jtwc-nms-nasa-mediaecho-daily-flash-3}}</ref> as well as over land.<ref name="rw115"/> United Nations agencies sent 29 trucks carrying 296 tons of non-food items, and the World Health Organization sent a ship from [[Djibouti]] with 18 tons of medical supplies.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=World Food Programme|title=Yemen Situation Update (18 November 2015)|date=18 November 2015|access-date=2 February 2016|via=ReliefWeb|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/logistics_cluster_yemen_situation_update_151118.pdf}}</ref> To prevent the spread of disease, officials distributed mosquito nets and began mass-immunizing children under five years old beginning in early November.<ref name="ocha116"/> A national effort to vaccinate against polio was disrupted in six governorates by the cyclone, but was completed by December.<ref>{{cite report|date=3 December 2015|access-date=3 February 2016|title=UNICEF Yemen Crisis Humanitarian Situation Report (21 November – 3 December 2015)|publisher=UNICEF|via=ReliefWeb|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/unicef-yemen-crisis-humanitarian-situation-report-21-november-3-december-2015-enar}}</ref> [[Médecins Sans Frontières]] established a medical clinic in Mukalla while also setting up a water tank.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=Médecins Sans Frontières|date=1 December 2015|access-date=3 February 2016|title=Yemen: Aiding People Affected by Cyclones in Hadhramaut Province|via=ReliefWeb|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-aiding-people-affected-cyclones-hadhramaut-province}}</ref> To help with food shortages, the [[World Food Programme]] had provided [[High Energy Biscuits]] by 30 November to 24,900 people, using pre-stocked supplies.<ref>{{cite report|agency=World Food Programme|date=15 December 2015|access-date=3 February 2016|title=WFP Yemen Situation Report #18, 13 December 2015|via=ReliefWeb|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-situation-report-18-13-december-2015|format=PDF}}</ref> The International Organization for Migration provided {{convert|41000|
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