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Flash floods sweep 6 Syrian provinces, forcing families from camps

LONDON: Rescue teams in the Syrian Arab Republic helped 15 people and evacuated about 375 families from flooded displacement camps after heavy rain and flash floods swept across six provinces, the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management said Thursday. The floods damaged roads, bridges and public facilities in Aleppo, Raqqa, Deir Ezzor, Hama, Homs and Latakia provinces. One person was reported killed in a traffic accident in the western Raqqa countryside, the ministry said, citing prelimina