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TWO dead, 2200 in shelters across storm-ravaged Gaza Strip
Published today (updated) 15/12/2013 16:56
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- "The death toll in the Gaza Strip from winter storm Alexa rose to two on Sunday as more than 2,000 Gazans remained in shelters and much of the region was still paralyzed after four days of severe weather.
Gaza Ministry of Health spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra in a statement Sunday identified the two dead as 21-year-old Hamza al-Amour, who suffocated to death while trying to heat himself at home, and 90-year-old Mahmoud Farajallah, who died after his house was flooded.
As of Sunday, government figures showed that 2,234 residents were still in shelters after widespread flooding across the territory displaced hundreds of families in the preceding days."
Over the course of the storm, the article reports that more than 5,000 people were evacuated to shelters, but many had apparently since returned home or left shelters to stay with relatives.
2 dead, 2200 in shelters across storm-ravaged Gaza Strip | Maan News Agency