Many villages were drowned in Congo.
The death toll from flash floods and landslides in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 203, while many people are missing. cbs news “Here in Bushshu, 203 bodies have already been pulled from the rubble,” said Thomas Bakenga, administrator of Kalehe region, citing an administrative official.
On Thursday, rains in the Kalehe region of South Kivu province caused rivers to swell, inundating the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi.
Mr. Bakenga said that in Nyamukubi, where the weekly market was held on Thursday, the hill also collapsed.
According to the outlet, several villages were submerged, several homes were washed away and farms were damaged when rivers in the region burst their banks due to heavy rains.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis Mukwege announced on Saturday that he had dispatched a group of surgeons, anesthetists and technicians to the area to “provide emergency medical assistance”. His clinic is located in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu.
It should be noted that South Kivu, which borders Rwanda, experiences frequent floods and landslides. This week’s heavy rains also caused flash floods and landslides in Rwanda, resulting in the deaths of 130 people and the destruction of more than five thousand homes.
According to CBS News, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his condolences to those affected by “catastrophic flooding” in Rwanda and Congo. “This is yet another example of accelerating climate change and its devastating impact on countries that have done nothing to contribute to global warming,” he said during a visit to Burundi.
In the last instance of this magnitude in Congo in October 2014 over 700 habitations were destroyed by heavy rains. At the time, the United Nations stated that more than 130 persons had been reported missing.