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'Everything is soaked': Gaza floods leave 70,000 tents damaged

Winter arrived with devastating force in Gaza. On Saturday, heavy rain and powerful winds swept across the enclave, damaging an estimated 70,000 tents in just 24 hours. 

At a displacement camp in Nuseirat, a Palestinian refugee camp in central Gaza, floodwaters inundated shelters while others were completely uprooted by high winds, forcing displaced families to endure freezing conditions amid muddy quagmires.

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