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		</div><p>Torrential rains have caused flooding in western and northern Rwanda, killing at least 129 people, a public broadcaster said.</p>
<p>The death toll continues to rise, the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>“This could be the highest disaster-induced death toll to be recorded in the country in the shortest period, according to available records from recent years,” the government-backed New Times newspaper reported.</p>
<p>Francois Habitegeko, governor of Rwanda’s Western province, told reporters that a search for more victims was under way following heavy rain on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>Strong rainstorms started last week, causing flooding and mudslides that swept away several houses across the country and left some roads inaccessible.</p>
<p>The Rwanda Meteorology Agency has warned that more rain is coming.</p>
<p>The government has in the past asked residents living in wetlands and other dangerous areas to relocate.</p>
<p>The western and northern provinces and Kigali, the capital, are particularly hilly, making them vulnerable to landslides during the rainy season.</p>
<p>The Ministry of Emergency Management reported last month that from January to April 20, weather-related disasters killed 60 people, destroyed more than 1,205 houses and damaged 2,000 hectares of land across Rwanda.</p>
<p>Parts of east Africa, including Uganda’s south west, also are seeing heavy rainfall.</p>
<p>At least three people drowned in floods last week after a river burst its banks in the remote Ugandan district of Rukungiri.</p>
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