Floods Leaves at Least 100 Killed in Congo's Capital

Officials, according to Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, are still looking for other bodies.

Lukonde said on state television on Tuesday, "We came to inspect the damage and the primary damage we see is human."

In the 24 areas of Kinshasa affected by the floods, there are almost 12 million residents, according to three local officials who told The Associated Press that people were murdered, homes were flooded, and highways were damaged.

According to Alid'or Tshibanda, the mayor of the Ngaliema district, more than thirty bodies are still being counted. Five members of one family were killed, some by electrocution, in another area of the city.

Pierrot Mantuela declared, "It is a righteous tragedy." The 30-year-old man lost his mother, daughter, who was nine years old, and three brothers. To lose every member of my family is sad, he remarked. He claimed that he was saved since he was at work on Monday night when the rains started.

According to officials, a large portion of the damage occurred in homes constructed on plots without official approval. "They lack any papers. They are driven off but continually return, "The mayor of Mont-Ngafula, Dieumerci Mayibazilwanga, spoke of people constructing unpermitted homes.