Severe flash flooding swept through areas of northwester Algeria after heavy rainfall from 02 to 03 September 2023. Several people were reported missing in Tlemcen and El Bayadh Provinces. Civil Protection teams using sniffer dogs and special equipment were deployed to the area and carried out extensive searches. As of late 03 September, Civil Protection confirmed that 4 people died inside a vehicle swept away by the flooding Wadi Dalia in Bab Al-Assa municipality in Tlemcen Province. Civil Protection later said that the child had been mistakenly reported missing and was not in the vehicle at the time of the incident.
