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GLIDE Record
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Event:
FF Flash Flood
Number:
2018-000158
Country:
TUN Tunisia
Location:
Nabeul
Date (YMD):
2018-9-22
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Information Source:
IFRC
Comments:
Torrential rain hit the Cap Bon Peninsula on Saturday 22 September, causing flash flooding in the city of Beni Khaled and the surrounding villages. According to the Tunisia's National Institute of Meteorology, this was the heaviest rainfall to hit the area since the institute began to keep the records in 1995. At least 6 people lost their lives and at least 6,000 households (around 30,000 individuals) have had their homes partially or completely destroyed. Clean water supply and electricity has been cut off in certain affected areas. Additionally, a significant number of farmland and livestock has perished with the floods.
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