At least 20 people have been killed as a result of heavy rain and
floods in northern Tanzania, the country's health ministry reports, UNN reports.
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The death toll is expected to rise. According to local
authorities, as a result of the storm, roads in the Manyara region are flooded and blocked with
with stones and trees.
Footage released by the state-run TBC TV channel shows
shows houses and vehicles submerged under water.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is in Dubai for a
Dubai in connection with the UN climate summit, said that the government would allocate funds
to help the victims.
Tanzania is not the only country in East Africa that has been hit by floods in recent weeks.
East Africa has been affected by floods and heavy rains in recent weeks. In Somalia, several hundred people
have been killed and more than 1 million people have been displaced.
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