ALGERIA: Three killed in Algeria floods

Record ID: 573919

  • Title: ALGERIA: Three killed in Algeria floods
  • Date: 28th November 2007
  • Summary: BULLDOZER/ EARTH MOVER CLEARING SEA OF MUD IN STREET (SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) BAADACHE MOHAMED, 45-YEARS-OLD, SAYING: "We escaped from death. The problem is that they blocked the river by illegal constructions. Nobody came to help us; nobody from the authorities came to ask us for our needs." VARIOUS OF MOHAMED'S HOUSE FLOODED BY THE MUD VARIOUS OF BULLDOZER REMOVING THE MUD FROM THE STREETS VARIOUS OF BRIDGE DESTROYED BY FLOOD / POPULATION TRYING TO PASS EMERGENCY VEHICLES AT SIDE OF ROAD
  • Embargoed: 13th December 2007 12:00
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  • Location: Algeria
  • Country: Algeria
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVAI3EN3OG8G5LSB4HSMCT04KNT
  • Story Text: Three people are killed and dozens injured when raging flood waters sweep through an Algerian coastal town.
    Floods killed three people and swept away houses and vehicles in the Algerian coastal town of Dellys, 100 km (62 miles) east of the capital Algiers, residents said on Tuesday (November 27). Dozens of people had been injured and many were missing after several days of heavy rain, they said. One resident told reporters that houses had been destroyed, vehicles lost, and that people were running in the streets looking for relatives. The floods caked streets in mud, swept away parts of two bridges that lead to the town and damaged a hospital. One man blamed unauthorised building in the river. "The problem is that they blocked the river by illegal constructions," said Baadache Mohamed, "Nobody came to help us; nobody from the authorities came to ask us for our needs." State news agency APS reported heavy rains had damaged water and power services in several villages on the Mediterranean coast east of Algiers. A hospital official who asked not to be identified, confirmed three deaths but said he had no firm estimate on the number of injured or missing. np/jrc
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