Death toll in Jordan flash floods rises to 11
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(10 Nov 2018) The death toll from flash floods unleashed by heavy rains in Jordan has risen to 11, and that searches for missing people continue, according to official media. Saturday's reports came a day after floods struck in several areas of Jordan, including Petra, an ancient trading hub carved into rose-coloured rock. Hundreds of Petra visitors ran for higher ground Friday as a water surged through a narrow canyon leading to the Treasury, Petra's main attraction. Government spokeswoman Jumana Ghuneimat and Civil Defence officials say the death toll rose early Saturday, after another body was found in the Madaba region, south of the capital of Amman. They said searches for the missing were continuing. Friday's floods came two weeks after flash floods near the Dead Sea killed 21 people, most of them children. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1b8adc108efec5892a4d7fa84a825d59
