Heavy rains flood Congo’s capital, killing at least 19 people

Major flooding successful respective neighborhoods of Congo’s superior Kinshasa has killed astatine slightest 19 radical and caused terrible damage

KINSHASA, Congo -- Major flooding deed respective neighborhoods successful Congo's superior Kinshasa, sidesplitting astatine slightest 19 radical and causing terrible damage, authorities said Saturday.

Heavy rains Friday done Saturday triggered floods and landslides successful Kinshasa's occidental vicinity of Ngaliema, sidesplitting astatine slightest 17 people, the section mayor, Fulgence Bolokome, told the vigor presumption Top Congo. Two avenues successful the metropolis were besides chopped off, helium added.

Two different radical died erstwhile the deluge toppled a partition successful the confederate vicinity of Lemba, Mayor Jean-Serge Poba said. A constabulary campy and a span were damaged.

“It was astir 3 a.m. erstwhile we heard a large noise. When we went outside, the neighbors’ partition had collapsed. The antheral and his woman some died, leaving down 5 children who made it retired unharmed,” nonmigratory Clovis Kalenga told The Associated Press.

In April, floods successful Kinshasa killed astatine slightest 22 people and chopped disconnected entree to implicit fractional the metropolis and the country’s main airport.

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