Thirty people have died in Ivory Coast over the past three months in floods triggered by an exceptionally strong rainy season, the government said on Wednesday.
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The country’s economic capital Abidjan has been particularly hit, recording 22 deaths, spokesman Amadou Coulibaly said after a cabinet meeting.

The authorities will step up “pre-deployment” of rescue services in at-risk areas and pursue a programme to demolish illegally-built shanty homes there, he said.

Last year’s rainy season claimed 19 lives.

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