Rain kills one and destroys more than 463 houses in Bangui
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lengosongo
Torrential rain on 25 and 27 October destroyed more than 463 houses in Bangui and killed a seven-year-old child who drowned in Galabadja 5. Displaced families have taken refuge in a church, while the Central African Republic’s ministries of Humanitarian Action and Housing are being urged to act, Lengosongo reports.
Torrential rain on Sunday, 25 October, and Tuesday, 27 October, in Bangui and its surroundings destroyed more than 463 houses and killed a seven-year-old child, according to a report by Lengosongo. The child drowned in the Galabadja 5 neighbourhood, in the eighth arrondissement.
More than 163 houses collapsed in the Kaya neighbourhood, in the fifth arrondissement, and Dédéngué 5, in the fourth. More than 300 other homes were destroyed behind Bangui M’Poko International Airport, including in Sakpa-Mborla, Ketté Soua, Sakaï 1, Sakaï 2, Sakaï 3 and Carrière.
In Kaya, neighbourhood chief Hélène Ndjapou said a provisional tally showed 107 houses had collapsed. Displaced families have taken refuge in a church, which was also flooded, and are asking the government to improve the drainage channels. The Central African Republic’s ministries of Humanitarian Action and Housing have been urged to intervene.
The figures provide further details of the damage caused by heavy rain in Bangui, reported on 26 October. They also follow a tally of more than 100 houses destroyed in Bangui, published the same day.
