Over 50 people were reported dead in Democratic Republic of Congo due to floods caused by heavy rains and river bursting from its banks. Jacques Mbadu (governor of Kongo Central province) said that heavy rains caused the Kalamu river which flows through the city of Boma into the River Congo to overflow and washed some of the victims across the border into Angola. The waters hit a peak of two metres (six feet) above their usual level, destroying not less than 500 homes and rendering thousands of people homeless. Boma city which lies near the mouth of the River Congo around 470 kilometers (300 miles) southwest of Kinshasa (country’s capital) is home to about 200,000 people.
Source: Viewers Corner News.