At least 24 people
have died and dozens injured after heavy rains in Mugina district, Cibitoke
province in western Burundi.
The spokesperson of
the security ministry, Pierre Nkurikiye, said rescue operations are still
ongoing after homes were swept away.
Heavy rains pounding
in the area have caused landslides that have destroyed and buried homes.
“They are still
digging up dead bodies,” an official, who declined to be identified, is quoted
as saying to Reuters news agency.
The hilly area
experienced heavy rains resulting into the landslides, according to the
underground reporters SOS Médias Burundi.
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East Africa is
experiencing unusually heavy rainfall that has resulted in flooding.
At least 130 people
have died in Kenya and Uganda.
A cyclonic storm,
named Pawan, is approaching the Somali Coast this weekend.
