The rescue teams were able to save a man from the floods, which occurred after a sudden storm in the region, some 550 kilometers (330 miles) southwest of the capital Algiers.

Earlier in the week a total of four people died in floods in other Algerian regions, around the town of Ghardaia on Sunday and Tebessa on Tuesday, according to media reports.

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