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JERUSALEM – Grief at the death of 21 people, mostly schoolchildren, in a flash flood the Dead Sea in Jordan on Friday the Jordanian government said that the school can not have the proper permits.
The middle-school students, from a private school in Amman, the capital, were visiting hot springs on Thursday when rain storms unleashed floods that swept them into a valley.
The Jordanian Civil Defense Ministry said in the name of a person who has been injured.
King Abdullah II canceled a visit to Bahrain and the Royal Court ordered the Jordanian flag to fly at half-staff for three days of mourning.
But as a result, the national anguish was mixed with rage
A government minister said the school did not abide by public safety regulations stipulating that students must be kept away from waterways, and the approval of the school of education is required for Jordan's eastern desert.
"There are several violations involved," said Jumana Ghunaimat, the minister of state for media affairs, The Jordan Times, adding that the prime minister had instructed the government to immediately open an investigation. The newspaper reported that an angry group of students related to the school on Thursday evening, requiring the school to be held accountable for the flood deaths.
King Abdullah II reflected the mix of emotions, writing on Twitter on Friday, "I feel great pain and sadness, only equaled by my anger at all those who could not avoid this painful tragedy."
The Jordanian news agency Petra said the dead included three Iraqi citizens – two schoolchildren and a woman thought to have been a chaperone. 37 children and seven chaperones. The ages and identities of the victims were not immediately released. Other people at the site were also caught in the flood.
The rescue operation, which began on Thursday afternoon, involved helicopters and soldiers.
The Israeli Air Force and its troops from its search-and-rescue unit assisted Jordanian forces in the effort to find the following request to Jordan, according to the Israeli military, and illuminated the search area of the air.
The Israeli military said on Friday that his troops returned to Israel after the search for a new job.
Video footage from the scene of the team
Ten Israeli teenagers were killed in a flashback when they were walking in the dead Sea on the Israeli side. The military academy, which is predicted to be ignored or underestimated, and the danger of flooding.
Also on Thursday, a 4-year-old boy drowned in another flash flood in Southern Israel.
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