At least 394 people died as a result of floods in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the night of Monday, May 8. Thomas Bakeng, an employee of the administration of the most affected district of Kalehe in the east of the country, reported these figures Deutsche Welle.
Torrential rains at the end of the week caused rivers in South Kivu province to overflow their banks and wash away at least a hundred houses. On May 8, the country announced a one-day mourning for the dead.
Floods with human casualties are not uncommon both in the province of South Kivu and in neighboring Rwanda and Uganda. At least 127 people have died in the latest floods in Rwanda. Floods are usually accompanied by the rainy seasons, which occur twice a year in the region.
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