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 by AFP Staff Writers Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 31, 2022
Mudslides killed at least 10 people at two makeshift mines in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rain, local officials said Saturday. The disasters came after heavy rain overnight Thursday to Friday across the Fizi enclave in South Kivu province, said locals. The mudslides hit two gold mining sites in the area. "The provisional toll is 10 people dead, nine others injured, and missing people," Aime Kaway, the administrator at Fizi, told AFP, adding that it was difficult to know the exact number of missing. "Most of the victims are artisanal miners and other persons who frequent the two mining sites," he said. Onesphore Kabandilwa, a local Red Cross official, whose teams were handling the burial of the victims, confirmed the toll of 10 people. Search teams were still working to try to recover other bodies, he added. Floods and landslides provoked by heavy rains often prove deadly in DR Congo. In mid-December, floods caused by torrential rain killed more than 160 people in the capital Kinshasa, in the west of the country.
Rare hail brings winter white to desert hotspot Kuwait Kuwait City (AFP) Dec 28, 2022 Kuwait, one of the hottest countries on Earth, has been hit by a rare hail storm that delighted children and their parents, with images of the winter white shared widely on social media Wednesday. "We have not seen so much hail during the winter season in 15 years," Muhammad Karam, a former director of Kuwait's meteorological department, told AFP. Pictures and videos of southern roads partially blanketed in hail and ice spread online to celebrate the rare weather event. Children donned sca ... read more
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