More than 11,000 people have been affected and at least 2,300 homes have been flooded, according to the provincial government.
The toll from a torrential rain storm that hit the Angolan capital, Luanda, this week has risen to 24, with more than 2,000 homes flooded, officials said.
The hour-long storm hit the coastal city on Monday, triggering flash floods that knocked down buildings and swept away trees and cars.
“The death toll has dropped from 14 to 24,” the Luanda provincial government said in a statement Wednesday evening.
At least 2,344 houses were flooded and 60 collapsed, she added, according to the AFP news agency. A total of 11,745 people were affected.
Four health centers, four bridges and 14 schools were also submerged.
Rubble was strewn along the streets of Luanda on Tuesday as residents took stock of the damage the day before, wading through water-soaked plots of land. Several houses had collapsed roofs and broken brick walls.
At the time, the national agency said the flash floods displaced some 8,000 people.
Torrential rains wreak havoc in Angola’s capital Luanda. At least 14 people have died, more than 8,000 people are homeless and more than 1,600 homes have been flooded. pic.twitter.com/RjTg8G6wBi
– Zenaida Machado (@zenaidamz) April 20, 2021
Heavy showers are not unusual in Angola during the rainy season.
Forty-one people died and more than 300 homes were destroyed by flooding in January last year, affecting more than 2,000 families.