Tornado tears roof off secondary school in Madingou
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Les Echos du Congo-Brazzaville
A violent tornado on 9 November 2026 tore the roof off the building housing the Seconde and Première littéraire classes at Nestor Makoundzi Wollo secondary school in Madingou, in Bouenza. The damage disrupted Chinese and philosophy lessons, with no casualties, according to Les Echos du Congo-Brazzaville.
A tornado tore the roof off a building of Nestor Makoundzi Wollo secondary school in Madingou, in the Bouenza department, Congo, on 9 November 2026. The incident occurred around 4pm during Chinese and philosophy lessons, according to Les Echos du Congo-Brazzaville.
The building concerned houses the Seconde and Première classes of the literary A stream. Sheets of metal were thrown several dozen metres and roof timbers were broken, while several classrooms were left exposed to the weather, Les Echos du Congo-Brazzaville reports. No deaths or injuries were reported.
