HONIARA: The death toll from flash floods in the Solomon Islands climbed to 23, officials said, as aid agencies scrambled to distribute supplies to thousands left homeless by the disaster.
Health kits were being handed out to 10,000 people sheltering in evacuation centres in the capital Honiara in a bid to prevent disease outbreaks, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said.
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