DR Congo floods: Dozens die after torrential rain hammers Kinshasa
Kinshasa is prone to soil erosion and the president warned the climate crisis is making flooding worse.
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"The republic will not abandon you," President Félix Tshisekedi promised victims on Monday, saying he had called a government crisis meeting.
Desperate residents are trying to flee the floodwaters by wading, swimming or paddling to safety in homemade canoes.
The city is home to 17 million people and sits on the Congo river, which is one of the biggest in the world and stretches across the country.
Flooding is common - the river recently reached its highest level in six decades.
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