Death's toll has continued to rise after Injuley River overflowed its banks due to torrential rainfall in the Democratic Republic of Congo d RCA capital Kinshasa, forcing residents to shelter rooftops of their houses. Causes the river cutoff and divided major access roads in the troubled Africa country on Friday night.
The Injulee River, which runs through part of the city of around seventeen million, overflowed its banks on Friday night, blocking the main national road and leaving drivers stranded since Saturday evening, according to local media. Eyewitness videos posted online showed some residents trying to flee the floodwaters by wading, swimming, or paddling to safety in homemade canoes, with some staying
on rooftops. An AP news agency who monitored the situation in the drc capital, Kinshasser on Monday reported that the death toll from flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa reached thirty three. Authorities raced Monday to evacuate and support hundreds of families trapped in their homes. Ten more people were confirmed dead as of Sunday evening, in addition to the twenty three people killed the day before, Congolese Interior Minister jack em And
Shabbani said on state television late Sunday. Heavy rains began last week, causing the key in Juleee River to overflow on Friday and submerge hundreds of buildings. While the situation had improved by Monday morning, some access roads remained blocked in vehicular traffic was limited. Many residents blamed the government
for not responding quickly enough to the disaster. It was also gathered that while some residents took shelter on rooftops or in gas stations, with others remaining stranded in their vehicles, parts of the city remained difficult to access and the death toll may rise as rescue efforts continue. The death toll is provisional, but so far there are around thirty dead.
Patrician Gongo Abakazi toll reuters on the way home from the airport last night to welcome a friend, we spend the night in the car because there was no safe place to park, said Patriciamaconga, a Kinshasa resident, told news agency. Kinshasa Governor Daniel Bumba Lubuki said the water infrastructure had been affected, but that supply would be reinstated within two or three days. In a televised speech, he blamed a legal housing for some of the deaths and threatened to
evict people from unplanned settlements. Hydrologists drive Raphael Chimenga Muambas said the river had been affected by human activity over time. These are anthropogenic actions. Where rivers are degraded, the dimensions no longer represent their initial capacity to contain floods. He told Reuters. The flooding comes at a vulnerable moment for
the Central African nation. Ruanda, backed M twenty three rebels have intensified an offensive in the turbulent east of the country since the start of the u with more than seven thousand people killed in the fighting in the first two months of the year and the rebel group taking control of more territories in the East Africa country. Some local observers noted that the city of Kinshasa was submerged in water due to the poor drainage system and preparation
by authorities. Kinshasa City Governor Daniel Bumba Lubuki, called on Kinshasa residents to avoid visiting high risk areas. To prevent more casualties. Solutions have already been taken. We are evacuating people, children and pregnant women. The situation is under control, but some families have been affected. The current death toll stands
at twenty two. The provincial governor declared in his initial report the situation forced several neighborhoods to be left without power supply to avoid electrocutiondi quindi uinni in imogical