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September 03, 2009
Ouaga under water
6 emails yesterday from friends in Ouagadougou (capital of Burkina Faso), telling me about the flooding there. It's very serious - you may have seen it on BBC news. 12 inches of water in under 10 hours - the heaviest rain there in 90 years - no wonder the city is flooded.
Thousands of houses have fallen down. Schools and churches at 193 sites across Ouagadougou are sheltering 110,000 flood victims.
Please pray for the many needs, and for our colleagues there - missionaries and aid workers - that they would respond well to this crisis.
Posted by sahelsteve at September 3, 2009 09:21 AM