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Five killed in Sudan floods: interior minister
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Khartoum (AFP) Aug 3, 2020

At least five people were killed and thousands of homes were damaged by heavy floods in Sudan, the interior minister said in a statement Monday.

Nearly 3,500 houses were affected by floods caused by heavy rains on Friday and Saturday, interior minister Eltrafi Elsdik said in a statement. Four of the people killed were in the central Jazira state, and one in the western Darfur region.

Torrential rains often hit Sudan between June and October, resulting in significant flooding. Last week heavy downpours broke a dam in Blue Nile state, destroying more than 600 houses.


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Children killed as floods ravage Afghan village
Jalalabad, Afghanistan (AFP) Aug 1, 2020
At least 15 children and a woman were killed and dozens of houses destroyed as flash floods lashed a village in eastern Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. Flooding caused by torrential rains struck a village in Nangarhar province late on Friday, district governor Naimatullah Noorzai told AFP. He said 16 people, including 15 children aged between one and five years, and a woman were killed. Four children were also injured and dozens of houses were destroyed, Noorzai said. A relief ... read more

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