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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrice Citera in Kinshasa

DRC’s worst floods in decades leave tens of thousands in temporary shelter

People in makeshift boats in a heavily flooded area of Kinshasa
People in Kinshasa’s Pompage district in January after the Congo River overflowed. Photograph: Arsene Mpiana/AFP/Getty Images

Tens of thousands of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are living in temporary accommodation and waiting for government help after the country experienced its worst flooding in six decades.

More than 300 people have died and 280,000 households in more than half the country have been forced to leave their homes since heavy rains started at the end of November. More than 1,500 schools, 267 health centres, 211 markets and 146 roads have been damaged.

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