15 people were killed by floods in Algeria

ArabiaWeather.com – The Algerian protection services announced that they were able, yesterday evening, Saturday, to recover three bodies of people who were swept away by the torrential rains that fell over the past 24 hours, and thus the total death toll rises to 15 dead and more than 120 injured in the various municipalities and departments belonging to the Far Tamanrasset Governorate south of the country.

A statement by the Directorate of Civil Protection of Tamanrasset confirmed that 12 bodies had been recovered just hours after the onset of the floods. The matter concerned nine bodies of African nationals of different nationalities and three bodies of Algerians between the ages of 15 and 40, according to the same source.

The rains also caused the collapse of 24 houses in separate areas of the Tamanrasset governorate, especially in the Al-Sour area in the center of the governorate. The floods of the valleys also led to cutting off a number of vital roads, especially including the national road that connects the circles of Ain Saleh and Ain Quezzam, and this caused the isolation of thousands of families, as they remained Dozens of families are homeless and are now, according to local authorities' reports, among the afflicted.