Flowers laid are seen at the base of the statue at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas on December 1, 2018. - Flags flew at half-staff in Washington as Americans prepared for a week of solemn tributes to George H.W. Bush, in his home state of Texas and in the US Capitol, a day after the former president died aged 94. Tributes poured in from world leaders in memory of the 41st US president, who guided America through the end of the Cold War and launched the international campaign to drive Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein's forces from Kuwait. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP)
Flash floods in northern Iraq killed at least eight people on Friday, Iraqi Kurdish authorities said.
Another three people were missing after heavy rain caused the floods in remote areas south of the city of Erbil, capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, the Kurdish civil defence first responders said.
Flooding and intense storms often hit parts of Iraq during the winter, especially in the north, but are rarely so deadly.
Several people were killed and thousands fled their homes in flash floods in northern Iraq in 2018. (ThePeninsula)
