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Algeria flood toll climbs

2011-10-04

The death toll from flooding in the Algerian town of El Bayadh rose to 12 on Monday (October 3rd), Liberte reported. Some 30 people remain missing. The civil protection authorities have not confirmed the figure announced by local officials.

Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia, who visited Monday to assess the damage, said that some 400 families displaced by the floods had been moved to temporary housing in three schools. The wilayas of Oran, Saida and Djelfa sent hundreds of blankets and food products to assist the survivors.

Source: Magharebia.
Link: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2011/10/04/newsbrief-04.

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