Tunis, Jan. 21 -- At least four people have been killed in Tunisia as the heaviest rainfall since 1950 caused flooding in the country, the state-run Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported Tuesday.
The fatalities occurred between Monday evening and Tuesday in the city of Moknine in the eastern coastal province of Monastir, where rainfall reached 230 mm, TAP reported.
Khalil Meshri, head of operations and follow-up at the Civil Protection Department, said civil defense units had conducted over 106 interventions by 5 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) on Tuesday, including inspections of flooded roads and removal of vehicles stranded by rising waters.
Meshri added that they had evacuated 15 people and assisted about 300 others in crossing flooded vall...