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36 dead after heavy rain pounds DR Congo capital

KINSHASA, Nov 26, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Thirty-six people died in the DR Congo
capital Kinshasa after torrential overnight rains, with some swept away by
landslides, a top city official said Tuesday, giving a provisional toll.

“The (provincial) interior minister has just advised of a toll of 36 dead.
The search (for survivors) is continuing. The loss, in terms of property and
lives, is really huge,” Kinshasa’s vice governor, Neron Mbungu, told AFP.

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