DRC: Torrential rains kill dozens in Kinshasa. The victims either drowned or were killed when the walls of their homes collapsed, officials say.
Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa have left around 30 people dead while wrecking havoc in the central African megacity, an official told AFP on Sunday.
“There are many wounded who have been evacuated and for the moment we are in the 30s for the number of dead” from Saturday’s torrential, Patricien Gongo Abakazi, Kinshasa’s provincial minister of public health told AFP.
The victims either drowned or were killed when the walls of their homes collapsed, the doctor added.
