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Flash Floods and Slope Collapse Claim Lives, Displace Hundreds in Freetown
Publisher report1 reportUpdated 4 Aug 2026, 9:20 pmnotable · 45/100
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Heavy rains lasting nearly seven hours in the early hours of Monday unleashed devastating flash floods and slope collapses across Freetown, leaving destruction in their wake and prompting an urgent emergency response from the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA).
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