ALGIERS, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A mother and her five children were killed when a landslide struck their home in eastern Algeria on Tuesday, official news agency APS reported.

The landslide was triggered by heavy rains in the village of Chehna in Jijel province, some 360 km (225 miles) from the capital Algiers, APS cited emergency services as saying.

Unusually heavy rains have hit Algeria and Morocco in recent months and dozens have been killed by flash floods, landslides, road accidents and collapsing buildings.

Floods killed more than 40 people in the Algerian oasis town of Ghardaia in October. (Writing by Hamid Ould Ahmed)

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