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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Mahamat Ramadane

Thousands battle 'catastrophic' floods after Chad's heaviest rains in 30 years

FILE PHOTO: Residents navigate a boat across floodwater after heavy rains in Ndjamena, Chad September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Mahamat Ramadane

Chad's heaviest seasonal rainfall in over 30 years has left parts of the capital N'Djamena navigable only by boat and forced thousands to flee their flooded homes over the past month, according to aid groups and the state weather agency.

In N'Djamena's eighth district, families have piled into wooden boats to cross streets that have been awash with fetid flood water since the end of July.

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