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Flooding displaces more than 3,500 in northwestern Congo
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 11 - 12 - 2006


Thousands of people have been
displaced by about a week of heavy flooding in northwestern
Congo, United Nations and government officials said Monday, according to AP.
A provincial medical officer said about 600 houses have
been destroyed in the town of Bumba following a month of
heavy rains, leaving about 3,600 people without shelter.
Many houses were washed away, while some in low-lying
areas were completely inundated, Dr. Charles Longoso, chief
medical inspector for the province, said by telephone from
Iyonda, a town near the provincial capital of Mbandaka.
U.N. officials confirmed the flooding.
Bumba, a town of about 16,000, is on the Congo River about
520 kilometers (300 miles) northeast of Mbandaka in Congo's
Equateur province.
«Some of the affected families are being housed by
relatives in homes that held or in nearby villages, but
most of them are still in Bumba where they're living in
canoes, exposed to the elements,» Longoso said.
Equateur governor Yves Mobando Yogo said while seasonal
flooding is common in the area, this year has been much
heavier than normal.
«This year the houses are under water, other years it was
only the rice fields that were flooded,» Mobando said.
After decades of government neglect and fighting, the
Central African country has little infrastructure and few
systems for dealing with crises. After four years of a
transitional government following back-to-back wars, Congo
inaugurated its first freely elected leader in more than 40
years last week.
The U.N. and government officials said they were
organizing an emergency committee to deal with the crisis.
World Health representative Jean-Robert Likofata said they
were sending a representative to investigate the likelihood
of disease breakouts.


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