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“People are living in the water; the water is still rising, every day it’s rising, rising… We don’t really know how it’s going to end,” said Father Louis Iyeli, who heads the Catholic charity Caritas in the most affected region.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 12, 2024 (ENS) - After two months of heavy rain, the waters of the Congo River have risen higher than anyone has seen them in more than 60 years. The flooding rains have claimed more than 300 lives and disrupted 300,000+ households in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 17 lives in the Republic of the Congo, authorities on both sides of the river said. %environment_news_service% news environment latest on forests, oceans, climate, wildlife, fisheries, transportation, business
Nearly every major region is increasing investment in the infrastructure needed to increase the use of fossil gas in power generation, reports Reuters
Burst riverbanks are causing turmoil in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, with dark and foul-smelling water pouring into homes across working-class neighbourhoods in the central African megacity. Flooding is common in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, but locals say that this year is the worst.
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