Floods in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo have killed 62 people.

On May 9th, local time in the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a sudden flood occurred. According to the disaster statistics released by the provincial government on May 11th, the Kasaba village in the Fizi area of the province had 62 people dead, 50 missing, and about 30 injured due to the flood. This report was signed and published by the spokesperson of the provincial government. It is reported that the area suffered heavy material losses, with a large number of farmlands destroyed, endangering the livelihoods of many families, and educational activities in schools in the disaster area have also been interrupted.