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After a week of heavy rains, at least 24 people have died in floods and landslides in Abidjan, the largest city in Ivory Coast. In some cases, the death toll was four times higher than usual. Flood-related passings are normal in West Africa during the blustery season, however as per the Ivorian meteorological office, the new precipitation was especially vicious with in excess of 200 millimeters in certain locale. Casual settlements are especially defenseless on account of unfortunate tempest seepage among homes frequently fabricated rapidly without drafting guidelines. According to the Ivory Coast National Office for Civil Protection, the flooding and landslides have also caused "significant" damage throughout the city, flooding roads and houses. No less than 271 individuals who were caught after the downpours have been effectively safeguarded, it said. Authorities last year crushed houses worked along a tidal pond in Abidjan as an action to forestall destructive floods.