Flash floods kill five in Syria

It continues to issue situation updates on its X account.The ministry reported infrastructure damage and disruptions to several bridges in affected areas: Aleppo, Raqqa, Deir Az Zor, Hasakah and Homs.State news agency SANA said al-Salmani Bridge, west of Tabqa, collapsed in the flooding, shutting the road linking Raqqa to Aleppo.Emergency teams also reported rescuing 15 civilians whose vehicles were trapped by floodwaters.

The ministry said it evacuated approximately 375 families from three camps on the rural outskirts of Raqqa.This is not the first time the country has faced the threat of heavy rains and the flooding that follows.UNICEF reported in June that 17,000 people had been adversely affected by flooding so far in the year.

At the time, the UN agency said 700 families had been displaced, including around 2,000 children, and that 49 water treatment plants in Deir Az Zor and Raqqa governorates had also gone out of service.

Four children drowned while a man died after his car was caught in floodwaters.