More than 100 people have died in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as a result of heavy rains and flooding. According to preliminary information, the administration of the province of South Kivu told the AFP news agency today that about a hundred people had died. Several villages in the Kalehe area west of Lake Kivu were flooded when rivers overflowed after heavy rains.
Kalehe MP Vital Muhini told a local radio station that the floods had caused “devastating human and material damage”. He spoke of around 150 deaths and many missing. 72 people died in Chabondo village, 31 in Bushungu village and 45 in Nyamukubi village.
A member of a rescue team sent this afternoon said 68 bodies had been found. The search for the missing continues.
127 killed in Rwanda
Just a few days ago, 127 people died after heavy rains in neighboring Rwanda across Lake Kivu.