Authorities in Taiz have raised the security alert level as fighting intensifies between government forces and Houthi fighters in Yemen's south and west.
Heavy artillery, missile fire and drone attacks have been reported, with neither side making significant territorial gains.
Civilians in populated and coastal areas are being displaced daily, while aid agencies struggle to reach them amid the escalating violence.
The contested areas hold strategic value, offering control over the port of Mocha and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Al Jazeera's Hadeel Yamani reports from Taiz, Yemen.
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