{"id":1923529,"date":"2023-05-03T12:26:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rwanda-flooding-more-than-100-killed-in-natural-disaster\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T12:31:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:31:01","slug":"rwanda-flooding-more-than-100-killed-in-natural-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rwanda-flooding-more-than-100-killed-in-natural-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 dead in Rwanda floods."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frwanda-flooding-more-than-100-killed-in-natural-disaster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923529&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<h2>Heavy Rain Causes Massive Flooding in Rwanda, Leaving 109 Dead<\/h2>\n<p>Tragedy struck western Rwanda early Wednesday morning as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rwanda-flooding-more-than-100-killed-in-natural-disaster\/\" title=\"Over 100 dead in Rwanda floods.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-winter-weather-heading-toward-west-coast\/\" title=\"More winter weather heading toward West Coast\">heavy rain<\/a> caused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-this-video-does-not-show-flooding-from-chinas-three-gorges-dam\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: No, This Video Does Not Show Flooding From China\u2019s Three Gorges Dam\">massive flooding<\/a><\/a> in the region, leaving at least 109 people dead, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Rwanda Broadcasting Agency tweeted a video showing water racing down a destroyed muddy road with battered houses in the background.<\/p>\n<h3>Soaked Soil and Landslides<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;It rained heavily all night, causing immense suffering in the districts of Ngororero, Rubavu, Nyabihu, Rutsiro, and Karongi,&#8221; said Francois Habitegeko, governor of the Western Province, in an interview with Reuters. &#8220;The soil was already soaked from the previous days of rain, which caused landslides that closed roads.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Habitegeko added that others were wounded and the flooding caused people to be trapped under their homes. Emergency responders&#8217; main priority is to rescue those people.<\/p>\n<h3>Climate Change and Extreme Weather<\/h3>\n<p>The World Bank reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doubling-spending-to-prepare-for-hurricanes-storms\/\" title=\"Biden Doubling Spending to Prepare for Hurricanes, Storms\">extreme weather events<\/a> such as floods and droughts have increased in Rwanda over the past 30 years. This tragedy serves as a reminder of the devastating impact of climate change on vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n<h3>How You Can Help<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Donate to organizations providing relief efforts in Rwanda.<\/li>\n<li>Spread awareness about the impact of climate change on vulnerable communities.<\/li>\n<li>Advocate for policies that address the root causes of climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 109 people are dead in western Rwanda after heavy rain caused massive flooding in the region early Wednesday morning, according to authorities. &#8220;The death toll from last night&#8217;s heavy rains and floods continues to rise, with at least 109 people now confirmed dead in Western and Northern Provinces,&#8221; the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency tweeted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1923530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5696,3642,11454,22724],"class_list":["post-1923529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-5696","tag-dead","tag-floods","tag-rwanda"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}