15 Killed in Congo Flooding, With Toll Anticipated to Rise

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Rescue efforts have been underway after flooding and landslides introduced on by torrential in a single day rains in jap Congo’s South Kivu province killed greater than a dozen folks, a neighborhood official mentioned Friday.

Delphin Birimbi, a neighborhood chief in Kalehe in South Kivu, mentioned that there have been 15 useless in his village and that greater than 30 persons are lacking within the close by localities of Bushushu and Nyamukubi. He fears that the dying toll will rise considerably as extra our bodies are recovered.

Two rivers broke their banks after the heavy rains which started on Thursday night and there have been a number of landslides with scores of properties destroyed, Birimbi mentioned.

Rescuers are working to search out and save anybody who could also be trapped underneath the rubble of their properties.

In an announcement revealed Friday, the provincial authorities of South Kivu provided its sympathies to the households affected and mentioned it was sending a delegation to the scene.

Heavy rains have introduced distress to hundreds in East Africa, with elements of Uganda and Kenya additionally seeing heavy rainfall.

Flooding and landslides in Rwanda, which borders Congo, left 129 folks useless earlier this week.

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