Windstorm in Gambia kills 10, displaces hundreds, government says
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By Pap Saine
BANJUL (Reuters) -Entire families wandered around the outskirts of Gambia’s capital Banjul in search of shelter on Thursday, after an overnight windstorm levelled scores of houses in some of the country’s western districts and claimed at least 10 lives.
“The wind destroyed the roof of my house … and my situation is devastated because of lack of finance,” said Amadou Marong, who was taken in by a neighbour after the winds carried off the sheet-metal roofing that protected him from the rain.