According to preliminary data released this Friday by local firefighters, at least three people have died and two are missing as a result of heavy rains that have been falling since Wednesday in some Angolan provinces.
Speaking to Lusa, Wilson Baptista, director of institutional communications and press for the National Civil Protection and Fire Service, said that the provinces of Luanda, Zaire, Cabinda, Cuanza Sud and Bie were the hardest hit by the disaster. heavy rains. .
According to the same source, deaths were recorded in the provinces of Kwanza Sool (two) and Bie (one), where two citizens were reported missing.
“The searches are continuing during this period and will continue until the next few hours,” he assured.
As for the province of Luanda, where this Friday the country’s capital returned to recording intense levels of rainfall throughout the day, the official said that preliminary data indicated 676 flooded houses and several flooded and impassable streets.
Intense rains that fell in large parts of Angolan provinces, accompanied by strong winds and electrical discharges, deprived several neighborhoods and settlements of regular supplies of water and electricity.
The National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics of Angola is also forecasting heavy and/or moderate rainfall in several parts of the country over the next 24 hours.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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