Floods across Tunisia left at least four people dead on Tuesday, with some regions receiving the heaviest rainfall in more than 70 years.
Torrential rains flooded streets, submerged vehicles, and disrupted daily life in several provinces, with emergency services struggling to respond to the scale of the flooding.
Civil defence teams said some areas were cut off by rising waters, particularly in low-lying neighbourhoods.
The army sent out troops to assist citizens, clear roads and pump water out of flooded areas, the state TAP news agency reported.
Schools were closed in the capital Tunis and in the towns of Nabeul, Sousse and Beja, and court sessions were suspended and public and private transport crippled in some districts.
Educational institutions in 15 of the country's 24 provinces were ordered to remain closed on Wednesday as well, according to TAP.
President Kais Saied visited the town of Moknine in Monastir province, where four residents died in the floods, on Tuesday evening, TAP said.
Videos shared on social media showed fast-moving floods sweeping debris through residential streets, with seawater inundating neighbourhoods in the coastal town of Menzel Temime.
Meteorological officials said the rainfall levels in some regions were the heaviest recorded since 1950.
