Death toll rises as Tanzania reels from flooding, landslides | Floods News

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Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa says at least 63 people have been killed in flooding unleashed by heavy rainfall over the weekend.

The death toll from floods in northern Tanzania following torrential rains this weekend has risen to 63, officials have said.

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said in comments broadcast on television on Monday that the number of injured stood at 116 people. Landslides had destroyed half of one village he visited, he said.

“We are here in front of bodies of our fellows. We have lost 63 loved ones. Of the total fellows we lost, 23 are men and 40 are women,” he…



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