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Floods kill 20 people in south of Iran
TEHRAN (AFP) Dec 28, 2004
Twenty people have died as a result of floods and heavy rain in Iran's southern provinces of Hormozgan and Sistan-Balouchistan, state television reported Tuesday.

Four people were found dead in the town of Iranshahr and another 10 were corpses were found in the city of Sarbaz, both in the south-eastern province of Sistan-Balouchistan, after the rivers overflowed due to heavy rains.

Another 6 people were also found dead in the southern province of Hormozgan.

Five of them were killed after the bridge they were crossing was demolished by floods.

The region has been inundated with rain since Saturday.