Over 200 dead, many more missing after Congo floods - Portland Press Herald
In the village of Nyamukubi, where hundreds of homes were washed away, rescue workers and survivors dug through the ruins Saturday looking for more bodies in the mud.
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In the village of Nyamukubi, where hundreds of homes were washed away, rescue workers and survivors dug through the ruins Saturday looking for more bodies in the mud.
The death toll from flash floods and landslides in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen beyond 200 – with many more people still missing, according to local authorities in the province of South Kivu.Thomas Bakenge, administrator of Ka...
The death toll from flash floods and landslides in eastern Congo has risen beyond 200, with many more people still missing, according to local authorities in the province of South Kivu.
Heavy rain in recent days has brought misery to thousands in east Africa, including in Uganda and Kenya.
Thomas Bakenge, administrator of Kalehe, the worst-hit territory, told reporters that 203 bodies had been recovered so far, but that efforts to find others were continuing