00:00Residents of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, waded through floodwater
00:06to get to their homes on Monday, after severe flooding killed dozens and left many more
00:11displaced.
00:16This is the living room, the sitting area and everything, says local Prasad Nandu, as
00:23she points out the extent of her home's damage.
00:26Nandu says she spent 72 hours trapped in the water with her family, unable to eat.
00:32We lost everything.
00:34We didn't recover anything, she says.
00:38Torrential rains over the weekend destroyed homes and roads, killing dozens in the capital,
00:43the provincial health minister said on Sunday.
00:46The Njili River, which runs through part of the city of around 17 million people, overflowed
00:52its banks on Friday night.
00:54It blocked the main national road, which left drivers stranded since Saturday evening.
01:01Local Dorcas Katumba described her neighborhood as a swimming pool and says people are under
01:06the water.
01:07Kinshasa's governor said water infrastructure had been affected, but that supply would be
01:12reinstated shortly.
01:14He blamed illegal housing for some of the deaths and threatened to evict people from
01:18unplanned settlements.
01:20The flooding comes at a vulnerable time for the Central African nation.
01:24Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have intensified an offensive in the country's turbulent east,
01:31with more than 7,000 people killed in the fighting in the first two months of the year.
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