Angola: Collapsing of Residence Kills Four People in Lubango

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Flooding in Angola's capital of Luanda, 2007

Lubango — Four members of a same family died on Friday at Mitcha ward in the outskirts of Lubango city, southern Huila province, after a collapsing of a residence, caused by heavy rains, Angop has learnt.

The victims are the father, mother and two children.

The spokesman of the fire and civil protection department, Paiva Tomás said that the dead bodies are deposited in the morgue of the local hospital.

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