torrential rains cause at least 22 deaths in the center of the country

Torrential rains have killed at least 22 people and caused significant material damage in Kananga, in the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a provisional report from the provincial authorities on Tuesday, December 26.

More than 15 houses were swept away in landslides caused by rain, which fell in quantity during the night and a good part of the day, according to the communications service of the governor of Kasai-Central. Among the victims of bad weather in Kananga are a woman and her eight children, “engulfed in a house”, a father and his four children died in another district or even seven people killed in another landslide, specify the governor’s services. According to them, this damage results “anarchic constructions that the town of Kananga is experiencing”.