'Catastrophic' Congo Flooding Kills More Than 400 People
Days after the flooding began, survivors are still pulling victims from the rubble and mud, and thousands have been left homeless. More rain is likely in the coming days.
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Days after the flooding began, survivors are still pulling victims from the rubble and mud, and thousands have been left homeless. More rain is likely in the coming days.
According to officials, about 400 bodies have been found. Several villages have been submerged, many houses washed away, fields devastated, when rivers have left their beds under the effect of heavy rains.
The provincial governor of the east Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said the death toll from floods that devastated two villages has reached 401. Theo Kasi said this flood had become one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country’s recent history. Local civil society sources said more bodies were being recovered on Monday,
At least 394 people were found dead after torrential rains broke river banks and caused flooding to sweep away buildings in the eastern Congo.
The death toll from floods that devastated two villages in east Democratic Republic of Congo last week has more than doubled to 401, the provincial governor said on Monday, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country's recent history.More bodies were being recovered on Monday, ad