the European storms spread into north Africa that evening with at least 30 people killed in Morocco after heavy rain and floods. Morocco's l MAP news agency said 24 people died when a bus was swept away by a flooding river in the coastal town of Bouznika. Four died when heavy rain brought down their homes near the central city of Khenifra and in Salé. A girl also drowned in Tiflet after a bridge collapsed into a raging river. Authorates in Casablanca, schools were ordered to shut 18 cm (7 inches) fell on it overnight. The head of Morocco's weather service 2M Al-Maghribia television the heavy rain would continue until December 2. Royal Air Maroc flights were delayed at the country's main airport in Casablanca as they waited for passengers who could not passengers reaching the airport in the floods. Both automated teller machines and inter-bank communication systems run by the Attijariwafa Bank, in Rabat, broke down due to a build-up of static electricity in that evening's thunderstorm. December 12–29 On December 12 Action-Aid Ghana presented some building materials to the authorities in the Central Gonja District of the country's Northern Region for distribution to the 13 communities who were severely affected by the flood disaster and have agreed to move to higher grounds. 32,000 people in 55 communities were affected by the floods, as it destroyed homes, farmlands, road and bridges among other things. By December 22, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) had given out aid-trade vouchers valued at GHc 70.00 to over 700 displaced people from 700 households affected by floods in the town of Buipe. They were to be exchanged for building materials, clothing, bedding and children's books. They could also be used to register an account with the Ghanaian National Health Insurance Scheme, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Catholic Bishops Conference of Ghana and the Central Gonja District Assembly. The aim was the aiding the 33,305 People who were made homeless recent floods which hit Northern Region. The floods hit Tamale, Ghana, the capital of the Northern Region of Ghana on December 28. December 29 saw a USAID voucher fair helped floods victims in Northern Ghana. See also Global storm activity of early 2010 Global storm activity of mid-2010 2010 Milwaukee flood 2010 Var floods Green Sahara 2010 Sahel famine Sahel drought November 2010 European Windstorms 2009 West