Overall Green alert Flood
in Algeria

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Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103272
Death: 8
Displaced: -
Countries: Algeria
From - To 14 May - 16 May

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Algeria - Severe weather and floods (ECHO 21 May 2025)Fri, 16 May 2025 10:41

  • On 15 May, heavy rain and thunderstorms affected several areas of Algeria, causing flooding and severe weather-related incidents that resulted in casualties and property damage.
  • According to media reports, five people have died, four of them in two severe weather incidents in the city of Djelfa, northern Algeria. One person remains missing, and more than 100 people have been injured.
  • On 16 May, light to moderate rainfall is expected across northern and north-eastern Algeria, with light rain also forecast for north-eastern regions on 17 May.
Algeria - Severe weather and floods
  • On 15 May, heavy rain and thunderstorms affected several areas of Algeria, causing flooding and severe weather-related incidents that resulted in casualties and property damage.
  • According to media reports, five people have died, four of them in two severe weather incidents in the city of Djelfa, northern Algeria. One person remains missing, and more than 100 people have been injured.
  • On 16 May, light to moderate rainfall is expected across northern and north-eastern Algeria, with light rain also forecast for north-eastern regions on 17 May.
Fri 16 May 2025Provided by ECHO Daily Flash
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Five dead in Algeria after torrential rain and floods 5/15/2025 6:46:00 PM.

Heavy downpours continued on Thursday in parts of both northern and southern Algeria, Africa''s largest country [Getty] Five people have died and more than a hundred were injured as heavy rain caused flooding in several regions of Algeria
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Five dead in Algeria after torrential rain and floods 5/15/2025 5:59:00 PM.

Algiers, May 15 (AFP) May 15, 2025 Five people have died and more than a hundred were injured as heavy rain caused flooding in several regions of Algeria, the country''s civil defence service said Thursday. In Djelfa, some 300 kilometres (1
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