Floods kill three as Tunisia sees heaviest rain in decades
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Tunis, Tunisia: Flooding across Tunisia has killed three people, authorities said Tuesday, with one official reporting a critical situation as parts...
Tunis, Tunisia: Flooding across Tunisia has killed three people, authorities said Tuesday, with one official reporting a "critical" situation as parts of the North African country experienced their heaviest rainfall in more than 70 years.
Khalil Mechri, a civil defence spokesman, said "two people were swept away by floodwaters, while an elderly woman drowned in her home".
Head of forecasting at the National Institute of Meteorology (INM), Abderazak Rahal, told AFP some Tunisian regions hadn't seen so much rain since 1950.
"We have recorded exceptional amounts of rainfall for the month of January," Rahal said, with the regions of Monastir, Nabeul and greater Tunis being the hardest hit.
The three deaths took place overnight from Monday to Tuesday in Monastir, the regional civil defence head told radio station Mosaique FM.
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