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Heavy rains cause flooding in camps sheltering Palestinians

Water from Friday's rains flooded thousands of camps inundating the belongings of the residents and leaving them without blankets and warm clothes. Palestinian Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal told Anadolu: "Heavy rains inundated many low-lying areas in Gaza."

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Heavy rains cause flooding in camps sheltering Palestinians

With water standing in the tents, diseases are likely to be spread, he added.

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Heavy rains cause flooding in camps sheltering Palestinians

Hosni Muhanna, coordinator of the Union of Gaza Strip Municipalities, said rainwater mixed with sewage was overflowing the Sheikh Radwan and Abu Rashid ponds, north of Gaza City.

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Heavy rains cause flooding in camps sheltering Palestinians
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Heavy rains cause flooding in camps sheltering Palestinians