DR Congo floods kill ”20 people in Kinshasa”

An estimated 20 people have died in floods in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, over the last 10 days, the authorities say. A resident said it was the worst flooding he had seen in 18 years of living next to the River N’djili. A tributary to the Congo River, it overflowed after heavy […]

An estimated 20 people have died in floods in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, over the last 10 days, the authorities say.
A resident said it was the worst flooding he had seen in 18 years of living next to the River N’djili.
A tributary to the Congo River, it overflowed after heavy rain on Sunday night causing extensive damage.
A UN-backed radio station said a water treatment plant was affected, cutting off most residents’ drinking water.
Gervais Ntariba Bahimba, provincial director of Regideso, the firm responsible for water distribution in DR Congo, told Radio Okapi it could take two to three days to fix the facility.