Abidjan – Torrential rains turned the streets of Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan into rivers on Thursday, flooding homes, flipping cars and killing three people.
The city's firefighters said that two people died in the devastation, but a journalist said he saw the body of a third victim.
The rainy season in the city, which is home to some five million people, began in May and normally lasts until the end of July.
Following those floods, the authorities destroyed the housing in the most vulnerable parts of the city where people had built homes wherever they found the space to do so.
In the working-class area of Adjame-Williamsville on Thursday, street traders said they barely had time to collect their goods and flee the rising water.
