Floods in Algeria

The city of Ghardaïa (500 km south of Algiers, on the northern edge of the Sahara desert) and its surroundings have been stricken by severe floods on 1 October at around 05:00 UTC, leaving at least 33 people killed, 48 injured and 50 missing. Thousands of people were evacuated and most roads and means of communication are out of service.

 

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Type of event
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Location of event
Algeria
Date of Charter Activation
2008-10-04
Time of Charter Activation
06:00
Time zone of Charter Activation
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Charter Requestor
Algerian Civil Protection
Activation ID
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Project Management
ESA
Value Adding
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