Its meter-high tidal waves uprooted trees, destroyed houses and caused dilapidated dams to burst. They killed more than 11,000 people. The cholera pathogen spreads in the water masses, which hardly seep away: Storm “Daniel”, which raged from early to mid-September, was the deadliest storm ever recorded in the Mediterranean region.

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