Floods/Rains Eight killed by storms in Syria and Lebanon
Pastor Dale Morgan
Floods/Rains Eight killed by storms in Syria and Lebanon*
DAMASCUS, Oct 29 (AFP) Oct 29, 2006
Six Syrians and two Lebanese have died after torrential downpours and
floods hit both countries in the past two days, media and police sources
said Sunday.
The official Syrian news agency SANA said six people, two of them
firemen, had drowned in the northeast in the past two days, while police
in Lebanon reported two deaths in the north of the country.
Three victims' bodies were recovered and searches were continuing for
the three others, SANA said.
Police in Lebanon said a four-year-old boy and a shepherd, 16, died on
Saturday.
The boy drowned after being swept away by floodwaters in an irrigation
channel, and the shepherd was killed by a bolt of lightning.
Lebanese weather forecasters said they expected further heavy rainfall
until Wednesday, and also snowfall above 1,800 metres (5,940 feet).
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