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World · 5 d ago

A view of Aleppo, Syria

Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Flash floods kill five in Syria, including four children

The four children drowned in Raqqa and Deir Az Zor provinces, Syria's emergency ministry said Thursday. A man died when his car was caught in floodwater, and five others, including two children, are missing.

Families moved from camps

375 near Raqqa

A bridge west of Tabqa collapsed, shutting the road between Raqqa and Aleppo. Teams rescued 15 people trapped in vehicles and moved about 375 families out of three camps near Raqqa.