Africa The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo evacuates the city of Goma due to volcano eruption
The death toll from the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano, located around the city of Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has risen to more than 30, as confirmed by the authorities of the African country.
The government delegation that has traveled to Goma to analyze the situation on the ground has indicated that the death toll rises to 31, most of them burned by lava or suffocated by the toxic gases emitted by the volcano, as reported by the Congolese news portal
Actualité
.
During the day on Monday, several bodies were found in the surroundings of Goma, all of them of people killed by inhalation of gases.
"I ask the population to remain vigilant," said the head of the Lago Verde neighborhood, Dedesi Mitima, in statements to the
7sur7
portal
.
The volcanic eruption, which took place on Saturday, has also caused
power outages
that affect 60 percent of the city's population, which also faces water supply problems due to material damage caused by
rivers. of lava
.
On the other hand, the DRC Minister of Transport, Chérubin Okende Senga, has authorized the opening of the Bukavu airport, while the Goma airport will remain closed until further notice and with a no-fly zone due to the danger posed by the Nyiragongo emanations. according to the Congolese radio station Radio Okapi.
The eruption has taken place at a time when humanitarian needs are already high and increasing in North Kivu province, where 44 percent of the
DRC's five million internally displaced are found
and where 3.2 million people, or 33 percent of the population, are already severely
food insecure.
In this context, both the United Nations and the international community work to support the Government's efforts to help those affected by the eruption, by providing emergency humanitarian aid.
In addition, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) has also mobilized its air assets "to monitor the situation. For his part, the spokesman for the UN General Secretariat, Stéphane Dujarric, indicated on Monday that, despite Since the people who fled after the eruption - most to Sake, North Kivu, or to Rwanda - are returning, there is still seismic activity in the area.
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