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africanews

At least seven people have been killed in the wake of torrential rains that caused heavy floods in Algeria over the weekend, AP said.

Downpours were reported across the north African country on Sunday and Saturday, prompting authorities to close some schools. Houses were inundated and some roads were impassable.

An 83-year-old woman was crushed to death in debris after the balcony of her house collapsed in the Belcourt area of the capital Algiers. A man in his 50s died in similar circumstances in Boumerdes 45 kilometres east of the city.

Five people in a car were carried away by a river that jumped its banks in Djelfa, about 300 kilometres south of Algiers. Their bodies were later recovered.