DEAD SEA Jordan—At least 18 people, mainly schoolchildren and teachers, were killed on Oct. 25, in a flash flood near Jordan’s Dead Sea that happened while they were on an outing, rescuers and hospital workers said.
Thirty-four people were rescued in a major operation involving police helicopters and hundreds of army troops, police chief Brigadier General Farid al Sharaa told state television. Some of those rescued were in a serious condition.
