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| Algerian flash floods 'kill 29' | Algerian flash floods 'kill 29' |
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| Floods have killed at least 29 people in Ghardaia, an Algerian oasis town in the Sahara, a senior health official has told state radio. | Floods have killed at least 29 people in Ghardaia, an Algerian oasis town in the Sahara, a senior health official has told state radio. |
| Ali Belkhir, the head of public health at the health ministry, said a further 84 people had been injured. | Ali Belkhir, the head of public health at the health ministry, said a further 84 people had been injured. |
| Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni earlier told the official APS news agency that up to 600 homes had been inundated. | |
| The rains, which began on Tuesday, have cut gas and electricity in Ghardaia. | The rains, which began on Tuesday, have cut gas and electricity in Ghardaia. |
| Ghardaia is one of several fortified Berber medieval settlements on the northern edge of the Sahara, about 600 kilometres (375 miles) south of the capital, Algiers. | Ghardaia is one of several fortified Berber medieval settlements on the northern edge of the Sahara, about 600 kilometres (375 miles) south of the capital, Algiers. |
| Heritage site | Heritage site |
| Mr Zerhouni said food stocks in the town - home to around 100,000 people - had been flooded and probably made unfit to eat. | Mr Zerhouni said food stocks in the town - home to around 100,000 people - had been flooded and probably made unfit to eat. |
| Ghardaia is one of several fortified Mozabite Berber medieval settlements in the M'Zab valley, a region listed as a UN World Heritage Site and frequented by European tourists. | Ghardaia is one of several fortified Mozabite Berber medieval settlements in the M'Zab valley, a region listed as a UN World Heritage Site and frequented by European tourists. |
| Algeria has been hit by several floods in recent years. | Algeria has been hit by several floods in recent years. |
| A 48-hour deluge in the north of the country in 2001 killed at least 700 people and injured hundreds more. | A 48-hour deluge in the north of the country in 2001 killed at least 700 people and injured hundreds more. |