Bridge connecting Bairro Popular/ Palanca neighbourhoods in Luanda collapsed
LUANDA, Feb 25 (NNN-ANGOP) — Four people died following heavy rainfalls that hit the country’s capital, Luanda, since Thursday, according to a provisional report.
One bridge collapsed as the result of the flood that also destroyed hundreds of houses.
Two of the deaths occurred in the Rasta neighborhood, Kilamba Kiaxi municipality, and the two others in Boavista, in Luanda’s Ingombota district, when the residences collapsed.
Speaking to the press, the director of Luanda Government Office of Technical and Infrastructure Service (GPL), Osvaldo do Amaral, said that the work on the drainage ditch, that links the collapsed bridge, has been paralyzed.
In early February, rain destroyed 711 homes, in addition to schools, medical centers, but no deaths were reported. — NNN-ANGOP