Windstorm in Gambia kills 10, displaces hundreds, government says


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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.

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