DR Congo floods: Chaos in Kinshasa as river rises to near-record level - BBC News

The vast River Congo is overflowing, swamping entire neighbourhoods in the process.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Residents in Kinshasa have been using canoes on the city's flooded roadsBy Wedaeli Chibelushi & Chinois Mbelechi MsoshiBBC News, London and KinshasaFloods have wreaked chaos in Kinshasa - the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo - with water pouring into homes and residents navigating submerged roads via canoe.

The overflowing River Congo, passing through much of the country, has also swamped places outside the capital.

The vast, vital waterway has reached its highest level in six decades.

More than 300 people have died in floods over the past months, officials say.

On Thursday, residents in the impoverished megacity of Kinshasa told the BBC how "schools, hospitals and churches" have been washed away.

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