Floods caused by heavy rains affect camps of over 40,000 displaced people in northwestern Syria - UN
Displaced Syrians cross a flooded area near Deir al Ballut refugee camp in Afrin's countryside, along Syria's northern border with Turkey on March 31, 2019.
Civil defence workers known as the White Helmets have been working to save people and their scant belongings from the rising muddy waters. The downpour has affected tens of thousands of civilians, displaced persons, crops and livestock in Idlib, as well as in the Aleppo and Hasakeh provinces since Saturday, Swanson said.
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