In one of the largest rainfall for two years, storm clouds threatened to flood the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, but there is no evidence of damage or serious personal .
After intermittent rain in the early hours of Friday morning, the skies cleared for several hours permacecieron. But around 3 pm, an eight-hour downpour began unloading on the territory around Tindouf.
The sky turned brown and hail upon the ground. Small lakes and rivers overflowed the sand usually dry and the roads were flooded and power was cut off by the collapse of numerous rays.
Alerted by the effects of previous storms in the area, police warned local residents of impending danger. The warning was made public, whether residents heard the shooting of police weapons, they must collect all the goods they could and bring families to higher ground. Luckily, it came to sound the warning shots.
During the storm, members of two youth organizations, the Brigade Sumud "and the Peace and Freedom Party, went tirelessly between the adobe houses and helped the villagers to save their homes and belongings.
groups formed human chains to pull buckets of water from the houses that had been flooded and erected tents for residents who could not sleep at home that night. They also helped remove mud cars, rescued goats saved from the flood, and dug ditches to channel water around the neighborhoods.
The skies finally cleared at around 22h00 on Friday, no injuries or irreparable damage to the homes of the three camps that were inspected. Some
The downpour brought to remember the serious floods of 2005-2006, which brought down many rooms in the camps.
"I'm terrified," said Fatma, who lives in the camp on 27 February during the storm. "Whenever it rains I remember when my home was destroyed years ago. Still have not recovered their loss."
But for others, the rain was a blessing. The storm brought much needed water for local gardens, especially the agricultural project Dakhla camp. On Saturday morning, children splashed in the pools and lakes recently discovered, normally welcome in an arid climate.
"I am thankful that there was no any serious damage, "said a taxi driver Sahrawi," and glad to see rain. It reminds me that the world is not like this hell hot and dry where we are forced to live. "


