The rains set off dangerous mudslides, inundated homes and destroyed bridges
A suicide car bomb hit an army checkpoint near a restaurant in the northern district of Talibiya at 2:30 p.m., killing nine people; 45 minutes later, a pair of car bombs exploded in the district of al-Dawlai in western Baghdad, claiming the lives of 16 people and wounding 35 others.
Minutes later, five mortar rounds hit the neighbouring Shia district of al-Shaoula, killing another five and wounding 21 others. A final car bomb exploded in the nearby Hurriya district, leaving six dead and wounding 14 others.