Eastern Dr. Flood in Congo kills more than 100: local officials

Local officials told the AFP on Saturday that more than 100 people were killed by floods running through a village while running through a village during the night, many of them used to sleep.A regional officer, Bernard Akili, a regional officer, Bernard Akili told AFP, the floods were uprooted by torrential rains due to torrential rains. Due to torrential rains, the Kasba river broke its banks overnight, “with carrying everything in its way, big stones, big trees and mud before rubbing the houses on the banks of the lake,” he said.He said, “The victims who died are mainly children and elderly,” he said that 28 people were injured and some 150 houses were destroyed.Regional Administrator Sammy Kalonji said that Dhar killed at least 104 people and caused “heavy content damage”.Another local resident told AFP that some 119 bodies had been found by Saturday.The village, which sits on the Lake Tanganika and is only accessible from the lake, does not have internet service, a local human worker told AFPSuch natural disasters occur often in DRC, especially on the banks of the great lakes, especially on the banks of the country, the surrounding hills have been weakened by deforestation.In 2023, floods killed 400 people in several communities located on the banks of the Lake of Kivu in South Kivu province.