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Drought-stricken area hit by floods in Spain
After two-year-long drought, seven people in Malaga have been killed by flash flooding.
Last Modified: 29 Sep 2012 08:16

At least seven people are dead after flash flooding swept through parts of southern Spain that have been suffering from two years of drought.

In three days, 110 milimetres of rain, five times the average monthly rainfall, hit the Malaga region.

Al Jazeera's Mereana Hond reports.

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