MORE than 170 people have died after heavy rains and flooding in eastern DR Congo’s South Kivu province, officials said Friday, after torrential downpours killed dozens in neighbouring Rwanda.
South Kivu governor Theo Ngwabije said dozens of people were unaccounted for in the Kalehe region, west of Lake Kivu and near the Rwandan border, where the floods also washed away hundreds of homes.
“We have about 176 people dead,” he said while visiting the affected area.
“This toll is provisional,” he said. “We also have about 100 people missing.”
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