ABIDJAN, June 19, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Fifteen people were killed in Abidjan,
Ivory Coast’s economic capital, in flooding caused by torrential rain
overnight, Interior Minister Sidiki Diakite said on Tuesday.
Rain poured down from 11pm on Monday night to 6am Tuesday, causing flash
floods up to 2.5 metres (more than eight feet) deep, he said.
Rescue teams saved 115 people and searches were underway for other
casualties, he said.
A city of five million, Abidjan suffers from infrastructure problems and
many homes are built in flood-prone areas.