

Flash Flooding Kills Three In Ivory Coast

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The floods in Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan flipped cars and destroyed houses, then were gone as quickly as they came


Torrential rains turned the streets of Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan into rivers on Thursday, flooding homes, flipping cars and killing three people.

The city's firefighters said that two people died in the devastation, but a journalist said he saw the body of a third victim.

"In half an hour, the water rose a metre and a half (five feet)....