Rains kill one, injure two in Algeria

One person were killed and two others were injured Wednesday in housed collapse caused by heavy rains in Adrar province (south of Algeria), according to the Civil Protection department.

• Bad weather affected more than 700 houses while Algerian solidarity ministry sent two aircrafts loaded with food aid to the stricken people.
• In October 2008, floods killed more than 40 people and injured 86 in the Algerian oasis town of Ghardaia.