Nairobi (Kaab TV) – The death toll of last week’s deadly floods and landslides in the Democratic Republic of Congo has climbed to more than 400 people, the government said, as rescue workers and family members searched through debris and mud for victims and survivors of the disaster.
The flooding began on Thursday, as heavy rains caused rivers to overflow their banks, sending water and mud rushing into villages, washing away homes and ravaging farmland.
Nearly 3,000 families were left homeless, and 1,200 homes were razed, according to a U.N. agency.
People from the region had traveled to the area where the floods took place to sell their agricultural products at a market, making it harder to count the total number of the missing, rescuers said.
The floods hit the Kalehe Territory in South Kivu, an area that had welcomed thousands of displaced people from the troubled province of Nord-Kivu.