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Torrential downpours hit North Africa's deserts and mountains
A car drives through a bridge as flood water caused by heavy rainfall streams, in Tazarine, Zagora, southern Morocco, September 8, 2024

TORRENTIAL downpours have hit North Africa’s normally arid deserts and mountains, it was reported on Monday.

The days of downpours caused flooding that killed nearly two dozen people in Morocco and Algeria.

In Morocco, officials said the two days of storms surpassed historic averages, in some cases exceeding the annual average rainfall.

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