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Ethiopia gets flood instead of drought - 210 killed

There were 210 people killed in Ethiopia when heavy rains caused a river to escape its banks. Of those people, AP reports that 39 were children.

Associated Press

The article describes flash floods strong enough to destroy homes that struck the country and took with them many lives.

Ethiopia is not normally a place I think of as flooding a lot. I think in the 1980s it was known for droughts and famines, if I am not mistaken.

It is kind of odd it was struck by such heavy flooding the same week as Indian and Pakistan. It is apparently kind of normal for parts of India to flood this time of year - Mumbai (Bombay) flooded this time a year ago.

But ...Ethiopia? Strange....

posted by John Collins @ 10:25 PM