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twitter13 Algerians drown in flooding from desert rains
Thu, Oct 2, 2008 (4:54 a.m.)
Algerian officials say 13 people have drowned in a Sahara desert town in flash floods caused by torrential rains.
National radio quotes Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni as saying 13 other people were hurt and up to 600 houses destroyed in the town of Ghardaia after rains on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The official APS news agency says that hundreds of people have been rescued by helicopter but that many others are still missing.
Ghardaia, in the desert south of Algiers, is the hometown of the Mozabite people, who practice a unique form of Islam. The area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In neighboring Morocco, the MAP news agency says two people drowned in floods near the city of Marrakech.
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