Each autumn, the streets of Tunis become a mirror reflecting what years of deferred maintenance and fractured governance look like when the sky opens. On a Thursday afternoon in September 2026, heavy rain once again submerged the capital's roads, stranded thousands, silenced the power grid, and sent parents wading through floodwaters with children on their shoulders — a scene nearly identical to one that played out just months before in January. The warnings had come from meteorologists; what did not come was preparation. In a city of nearly three million people, the recurring flood is no long
Tunisia's capital paralyzed by floods as drainage failures compound seasonal crisis
Multiple residents were stranded for hours; cars filled with water; people carried children on shoulders to escape flooding; power and internet services disrupted affecting millions.