
More than 200 dead after Congo floods, with many more missing, officials say
CBSN
The toll from floods and landslides in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has risen to 203 people dead as more bodies are recovered, an administrative official said Saturday.
The provisional death toll, announced late on Friday by the provincial governor, was at least 176 dead.
"Here in Bushushu, 203 bodies have already been removed from the rubble," said Thomas Bakenga, administrator of Kalehe territory, where the affected villages are located.

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