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death's toll has continued to rise after
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Injali River overflowed its banks due to
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torrential rainfall in the Democratic
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Republic of Congo DRC capital Kinshasa
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forcing residents to shelter rooftops of
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their houses cars as the river cut off
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and divided major access roads in the
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troubled Africa country on Friday night
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The Ineli River which runs through part
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of the city of around 17 million
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overflowed its banks on Friday night
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blocking the main national road and
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leaving drivers stranded since Saturday
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evening According to local media
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eyewitness videos posted online showed
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some residents trying to flee the
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floodwaters by wading swimming or
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paddling to safety in homemade canoes
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with some staying on rooftops App news
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agency who monitored the situation in
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the DRC capital Kinshasa on Monday
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reported that the death toll from
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flooding that cut access to over half of
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the congalles capital of Kinshasa
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reached 33 as authorities raced Monday
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to evacuate and support hundreds of
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families trapped in their homes 10 more
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people were confirmed dead as of Sunday
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evening in addition to the 23 people
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killed the day before Congalles interior
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minister Jakaman Shabbani said on state
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television late Sunday Heavy rains began
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last week causing the key in Jali river
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to overflow on Friday and submerged
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hundreds of buildings While the
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situation had improved by Monday morning
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some access roads remained blocked and
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vehicular traffic was limited Many
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residents blamed the government for not
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responding quickly enough to the
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disaster It was also gathered that while
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some residents took shelter on rooftops
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or in gas stations with others remaining
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stranded in their vehicles parts of the
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city remain difficult to access and the
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death toll may rise as rescue efforts
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continue The death toll is provisional
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but so far there are around 30 dead
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Patrician Gongo Abacazi told Reuters on
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the way home from the airport last night
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to welcome a friend We spend the night
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in the car because there was no safe
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place to park Said Patricia Makonga a
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Kinshasa resident told news agency
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Kinshasa governor Daniel Bombber Lubaki
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said the water infrastructure had been
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affected but that supply would be
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reinstated within 2 or 3 days In a
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televised speech he blamed illegal
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housing for some of the deaths and
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threatened to evict people from
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unplanned settlements hydraologist drive
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Raphael Jimanga Muhamm said the river
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had been affected by human activity over
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time These are anthropogenic actions
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where rivers are degraded The dimensions
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no longer represent their initial
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capacity to contain floods he told
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Reuters The flooding comes at a
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vulnerable moment for the central
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African nation Rwanda backed M23 rebels
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have intensified an offensive in the
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turbulent east of the country since the
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start of the year with more than 7,000
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people killed in the fighting in the
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first two months of the year and the
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rebel group taking control of more
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territories in the East Africa country
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Some local observers noted that the city
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of Kinshasa was submerged in water due
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to the poor drainage system and
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preparation by authorities
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Kinshasa city governor Daniel Bumba
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Lubaki called on Kinshasa residents to
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avoid visiting high-risk areas to
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casualties Solutions have already been
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taken We are evacuating people children
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and pregnant women The situation is
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under control but some families have
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been affected The current death toll
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stands at 22 the provincial governor
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declared in his initial report The
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situation forced several neighborhoods
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to be left without power supply to avoid
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