Nearly 200 killed, many more missing after flash floods in Congo
The death toll from flash floods and landslides in eastern Congo has risen to 176, with some 100 people still missing, according to a provisional assessmen..
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The death toll from flash floods and landslides in eastern Congo has risen to 176, with some 100 people still missing, according to a provisional assessmen..
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More than 200 people are killed due to a flash flood in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Thomas Bakenge, a regional government official, gave the estimate after overseeing recovery efforts in the affected territory of Kalehe, calling the scale of destruction "enormous, beyond words, whole houses were carried away." He said bodies were still being collected from the shores of the nearby Lake Kivu. World News | Over 100 Killed in Congo Flooding.
At least 176 people die in flash floods in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and 130 in neighbouring Rwanda as heavy rain destroys buildings and forces aid workers to gather mud-clad corpses into piles.