DRC’s Kinshasa could see deadly rain and floods every 2 years: Study

Mongabay
Apr 23, 2025, 11:04 am54 pts
In early April, extreme rainfall and flooding in and around Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killed at least 33 people. Such catastrophic rainfall events are predicted to hit Kinshasa every two years in today’s warming climate, according to a new rapid study by World Weather…

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DRC’s Kinshasa could see deadly rain and floods every 2 years: Study

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