An unconfirmed death toll released yesterday confirmed that more than 120 people have died in Kinshasa as a result of flooding in the Congo caused by heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic.
Following the Congo flood crisis meeting, Interior Minister Daniel Asilo declared three days of national mourning starting today Wednesday, according to a statement released by the government’s presidium.
Floods in the Congo caused severe damage to property, flooded the main streets in the city center of 15 million people and flooded the streets in the prestigious Gombe district, where ministries and embassies are located.
The authorities confirmed that the victims fell in different areas and municipalities of the city, especially in the valleys, where houses were buried due to landslides, and among the dead were nine people from the same family, including children who died when their house collapsed. house in the Penza district of Delfou, in the municipality of Ngalima in Kinshasa.
