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<v Speaker 1>Death's toll has continued to rise after Injuley River overflowed

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<v Speaker 1>its banks due to torrential rainfall in the Democratic Republic

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<v Speaker 1>of Congo d RCA capital Kinshasa, forcing residents to shelter

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<v Speaker 1>rooftops of their houses. Causes the river cutoff and divided

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<v Speaker 1>major access roads in the troubled Africa country on Friday night.

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<v Speaker 1>The Injulee River, which runs through part of the city

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<v Speaker 1>of around seventeen million, overflowed its banks on Friday night,

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<v Speaker 1>blocking the main national road and leaving drivers stranded since

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday evening, according to local media. Eyewitness videos posted online

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<v Speaker 1>showed some residents trying to flee the floodwaters by wading, swimming,

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<v Speaker 1>or paddling to safety in homemade canoes, with some staying

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<v Speaker 1>on rooftops. An AP news agency who monitored the situation

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<v Speaker 1>in the drc capital, Kinshasser on Monday reported that the

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<v Speaker 1>death toll from flooding that cut access to over half

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<v Speaker 1>of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa reached thirty three. Authorities

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<v Speaker 1>raced Monday to evacuate and support hundreds of families trapped

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<v Speaker 1>in their homes. Ten more people were confirmed dead as

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<v Speaker 1>of Sunday evening, in addition to the twenty three people

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<v Speaker 1>killed the day before, Congolese Interior Minister jack em And

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<v Speaker 1>Shabbani said on state television late Sunday. Heavy rains began

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<v Speaker 1>last week, causing the key in Juleee River to overflow

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday and submerge hundreds of buildings. While the situation

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<v Speaker 1>had improved by Monday morning, some access roads remained blocked

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<v Speaker 1>in vehicular traffic was limited. Many residents blamed the government

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<v Speaker 1>for not responding quickly enough to the disaster. It was

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<v Speaker 1>also gathered that while some residents took shelter on rooftops

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<v Speaker 1>or in gas stations, with others remaining stranded in their vehicles,

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<v Speaker 1>parts of the city remained difficult to access and the

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<v Speaker 1>death toll may rise as rescue efforts continue. The death

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<v Speaker 1>toll is provisional, but so far there are around thirty dead.

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<v Speaker 1>Patrician Gongo Abakazi toll reuters on the way home from

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<v Speaker 1>the airport last night to welcome a friend, we spend

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<v Speaker 1>the night in the car because there was no safe

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<v Speaker 1>place to park, said Patriciamaconga, a Kinshasa resident, told news agency.

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<v Speaker 1>Kinshasa Governor Daniel Bumba Lubuki said the water infrastructure had

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<v Speaker 1>been affected, but that supply would be reinstated within two

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<v Speaker 1>or three days. In a televised speech, he blamed a

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<v Speaker 1>legal housing for some of the deaths and threatened to

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<v Speaker 1>evict people from unplanned settlements. Hydrologists drive Raphael Chimenga Muambas

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<v Speaker 1>said the river had been affected by human activity over time.

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<v Speaker 1>These are anthropogenic actions. Where rivers are degraded, the dimensions

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<v Speaker 1>no longer represent their initial capacity to contain floods. He

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<v Speaker 1>told Reuters. The flooding comes at a vulnerable moment for

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<v Speaker 1>the Central African nation. Ruanda, backed M twenty three rebels

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<v Speaker 1>have intensified an offensive in the turbulent east of the

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<v Speaker 1>country since the start of the u with more than

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<v Speaker 1>seven thousand people killed in the fighting in the first

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<v Speaker 1>two months of the year and the rebel group taking

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<v Speaker 1>control of more territories in the East Africa country. Some

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<v Speaker 1>local observers noted that the city of Kinshasa was submerged

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<v Speaker 1>in water due to the poor drainage system and preparation

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<v Speaker 1>by authorities. Kinshasa City Governor Daniel Bumba Lubuki, called on

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<v Speaker 1>Kinshasa residents to avoid visiting high risk areas. To prevent

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<v Speaker 1>more casualties. Solutions have already been taken. We are evacuating people,

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<v Speaker 1>children and pregnant women. The situation is under control, but

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<v Speaker 1>some families have been affected. The current death toll stands

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<v Speaker 1>at twenty two. The provincial governor declared in his initial

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<v Speaker 1>report the situation forced several neighborhoods to be left without

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<v Speaker 1>power supply to avoid electrocutiondi quindi uinni in imogical