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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Tents, blankets and other emergency aid are being rushed to refugee camps in the Algerian Sahara that were hit by rare torrential rains, causing severe flooding, the U.N. refugee agency said.
The UNHCR said Tuesday the floods last week left more than 50,000 Sahrawi refugees homeless, destroying up to half of the mud-brick houses in their camps of Awserd, Smara and Laayoune in the Tindouf region of western Algeria.
The floods reportedly killed one woman and injured several other people, the agency said.
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