ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — State radio reports at least seven people have been killed in the wake of torrential rains in Algeria — including five people in a car carried away by a river that jumped its banks.
Downpours were reported across the north African country overnight Saturday to Sunday. Authorities closed some schools, houses were inundated and some roads were impassable.
An 83-year-old woman died after the balcony of her house collapsed in the Belcourt area of Algiers, the capital. A man in his 50s died in similar circumstances in Boumerdes 45 kilometers (30 miles) to the east.
The five car passengers died in Djelfa, about 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of Algiers.
At least 30 people died in Algeria in downpours in October 2008.
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