Torrential rain causing flooding and landslides in DRC capital Kinshasa kills dozens, officials say
A road surface swept away by a landslide caused by torrential overnight rains is photographed in the Lemba district of Kinshasa, on November 26, 2019.
At least 36 people were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo [or DRC] capital Kinshasa after torrential overnight rains, with some swept away by landslides, a top city official said on Tuesday, giving a provisional toll. "The [provincial] interior minister has just advised of a toll of 36 dead. The search [for survivors] is continuing. The loss, in terms of property and lives, is really huge," Kinshasa's vice governor, Neron Mbungu, told AFP news agency.
At least two bridges collapsed as well as a part of a major road in the capital, Mbungu said, adding that the dead in Lemba district included a child who was electrocuted.In January last year, dozens were killed in landslides and floods and after houses collapsed following just one night of heavy rain.
Africa's third-largest city, Kinshasa counts around 10 million inhabitants, many of whom live in precarious dwellings.
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