Violent rains in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3 caused the death of 127 people in several districts in the interior of the country. 60 weather-related deaths had already been recorded between January and April by the authorities, but according to local media, this episode is the deadliest reported recently.
President Paul Kagame offered his condolences to the families of the victims. The floods come just one day after the publication of the Rwandan meteorological agency's alarming forecast, with above-average rains expected for the first ten days of May.