Tanzania floods kill at least 42 after storm

Fishermen on Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Image by Anita Ritenour / CC BY 2.0

Floods from a heavy 30-minute storm killed at least 42 people in Tanzania in an area close to Lake Victoria, authorities said.

Rains from the storm left 900 people homeless and destroyed 160 houses in the deluge in Kahama district on Tuesday night, Tanzania’s Meteorological Agency said.

The government is providing support for the victims of the floods, spokesman Assah Mwambene said.

The Meteorological Agency has said that rains this year are expected to be heavy and warned those living in low lying areas.

Tanzania generally experiences a long rainy season between March and May and another spell of rains between November and December.

(Press Association)