At least 200 dead and many more missing after DR Congo floods

Women react as villagers gather to identify bodies (Moses Sawasawa/AP)

The death toll from flash floods and landslides in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen beyond 200 – with many more people still missing, according to local authorities in the province of South Kivu.

Thomas Bakenge, administrator of Kalehe, the worst-hit territory, told reporters on the scene that 203 bodies had been recovered so far, but that efforts to find others were continuing.