Rwanda Flood Survivors 'Left with Nothing'

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''I am safe but all my belongings are gone,'' said Claire Uwineza, a local resident in Rwanda's Rubavu district in the Western Province, where flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains on Wednesday have killed at least 130 people, authorities said. Residents were seen pulling whatever belongings they could salvage from their flooded homes as muddy water flowed swiftly down an inundated roads and destroyed houses. Meanwhile, President Paul Kagame said in a statement that his government was helping affected people including with temporary relocations.