Flood-affected residents wait for the distribution of aid from the central government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, four days after floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 400, in Nyamukubi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 9, 2023. Photo by Guerchom Ndebo / AFP
Goma, DR Congo: Ten people have been killed in a landslide after heavy rain hit eastern DR Congo, officials said Wednesday, in a conflict torn-region where hundreds died last week after catastrophic flooding.
The landslide occurred Tuesday night in the village of Miringati in North Kivu province's Lubero territory, said local administrator Edgard Kasombolene.
He confirmed the death toll of 10 announced by the North Kivu governorate.
Lubero police commander Colonel Jean Habamungu said the search for survivors was ongoing on Wednesday.
The latest disaster follows deadly torrential downpours, floods and landslides that have affected eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days.
Over 400 people were killed last week in South Kivu, according to an official toll, after disastrous flooding in the province's Kalehe territory.
One person was also killed on Monday in a landslide at an artisanal mine in Rubaya, in North Kivu.
