At least 17 people died this Tuesday10 people from the same family lost their lives due to heavy rains in the city of Kananga, the capital of Congo’s Kasai Central province, in the south of the country and close to the Angolan border.
However, state governor John Kabeya Shikayi warned that this was a provisional death toll. He also noted that there was a lot of destroyed infrastructure, according to the Actualité news portal. Shikayi explained this water treatment plant under waterA road was cut off, many residences were flooded and the city institute was “seriously threatened”.
However, the governor said he was preparing to contact the central government through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs for immediate response. An NGO increased the death toll to 19 people.