Congo Flood Survivors Mourn Lost Relatives as Death Toll Rises Above 400

Congo Flood Survivors Mourn Lost Relatives as Death Toll Rises Above 400
People walk next to a house destroyed by the floods in the village of Nyamukubi, South Kivu province, in Congo, on May 6, 2023. Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo
Reuters
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BUSHUSHU, Democratic Republic of Congo—Dead bodies were still being recovered on Monday from two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where floods killed more than 400 people last week in one of the country’s deadliest disasters in recent history.

Many dazed survivors were mourning multiple family members killed in the flash floods that swept away entire homes and buried the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi, both in South Kivu province, in muck and debris.