Government says 25 killed in Ethiopia flooding

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times and Global Warming

Government says 25 killed in Ethiopia flooding*

The Associated Press
Friday, May 30, 2008; 3:20 PM

HARAR, Ethiopia -- A government spokesman says 25 people have died in
flash floods in eastern Ethiopia.

Spokesman Zemedkun Tekle said local government officials reported the
deaths in the eastern city of Jijiga when the Wabe Shebelle River burst
its banks.

Marc Rubin, an emergency coordinator in Ethiopia for UNICEF said several
houses have been swept away in the floods.

Most of Ethiopia is in the grip of a drought that has caused crops to
fail and left thousands of people hungry.