Floods unleashed by torrential rains in Rwanda rise to 131

May 7. (EUROPE PRESS) –

There are 131 deaths from the floods unleashed last Wednesday by torrential rains in Rwanda, which have left at least 94 injured and destroyed some 5,600 houses.

The floods have affected the provinces in the north, south and west of the country, whose damages are estimated at 130 billion Rwandan francs (about 103 million euros), according to statements by the Rwanda Minister of Emergency Management (MINEMA). , Marie-Solange Kayisire, collected this Saturday by the newspaper ‘The New Times’.

Kaysire has also assured that the death toll has been the highest recorded in a single day due to floods and landslides in the country’s recent history.

In addition, at least six people have died due to a landslide due to rains in the Ugandan district of Kisoro, according to the ‘Daily Monitor’ newspaper. “All the bodies have been recovered,” Murora sub-county inspector Hadard Nkunzimana confirmed.