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Sewage 'tsunami' kills four in Gaza

At least four Palestinians drowned in a tsunami of raw
sewage on Tuesday when a water treatment reservoir
burst, flooding a village in the northern Gaza Strip.

The deluge, triggered by the collapse of a septic system
aid organisations had long warned was dangerously
overburdened, submerged dozens of homes in the
Bedouin farming village of Umm al-Nasr beneath a
cesspool of foul-smelling effluent.

Two women, one more than 70 years old, and two toddlers
aged one and two died in the flood. Fifteen people were injured
and scores more are still missing, according to Palestinian medics.

Village children clung to wooden doors floating on the putrid
waters as rescuers used boats to help the victims.

"The situation is very bad," village mayor Ziad Abu Thabet
said, comparing the disaster to a "tsunami." "Around 70
percent of the village houses were flooded by the waters,"
he said.

Palestinian television and radio opened their news broadcasts
by also describing the disaster as a "sewage tsunami."

My prayers are with those affected. May God be
with you.