Jordan: at least 20 killed as flash flood sweeps away school bus

Students and teachers were visiting Dead Sea resort when the waters surged

This picture shows the site of a bus accident near the Dead Sea in Jordan on October 25, 2018. - Flash floods in Jordan swept away a school bus on October 25, killing at least 17 people, most
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At least 20 people, most of them children under the age of 14, were killed when a flash flood swept away a school bus in Jordan yesterday.

A total of 37 students and seven teachers were on board the vehicle for a trip to the Zara Maeen hot springs by the Dead Sea, according to Middle East Eye. Jordanian authorities said 21 of the bus passengers had been rescued as of Thursday night, Al Jazeera reports.

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