Rural flooding kills at least 15
Pastor Dale Morgan
*Rural flooding kills at least 15*
From correspondents in Algiers, Algeria
April 16, 2007 02:19am
Article from: Agence France-Presse
FLOODING in a rural region of Algeria left at least 15 people dead and
seven missing, the national police reported.
Search operations are still in progress, and the toll could rise.
Rain in the M'Sila region, about 250km southeast of Algiers, fed small
rivers that overflowed their banks, carrying off most victims, police
said. A group of people aboard a tourist van swept up by the waters of
the Oued Tamsa were among the missing.
Roads were cut and several bridges were destroyed by the flooding,
leaving some villages isolated. At least three homes in the village of
Souamma were destroyed, officials said.
About 600 cattle also were lost as fields were submerged in floodwaters.