Yemenis on Sunday recounted their panic and terror as the first US attacks under President Donald Trump struck Houthi rebels-held areas, killing dozens and wounding more than 100.
A "horrific explosion" rocked the capital, Sanaa, late on Saturday during suhoor time, the night-time meal during the holy month of Ramadan, one resident said.
"The house shook, the windows shattered, and my family and I were terrified," father-of-two Ahmed, who did not want to give his full name, told AFP.
"I've been living in Sanaa for 10 years, hearing shelling throughout the war. By God, I've never experienced anything like this before."
The US strikes were aimed, according to U.S. administration, at preventing a resurgence of months of attacks on the vital Red Sea shipping lane during the Israel-Hamas war.
Attacks on Sanaa and Saada, the birthplace of the Houthi movement in Yemen's rugged northern mountains, and elsewhere killed 31 and wounded 101, according to the rebels' health ministry.
Late on Saturday, a plume of white smoke had risen over Sanaa after explosions rocked the northern district of the capital.
However, the Houthis sealed off areas around the blast sites, making it impossible to gauge the true scale of the destruction