Cote d’Ivoire: Nearly 60 People Killed in Flooding Since May

Although the rainy season has only just begun, flooding has already killed dozens in the Ivory Coast.

A “particularly heavy” rainy season that started in mid-May has led to deadly flooding, Ivory Coast government spokesperson Amadou Coulibaly told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

Coulibaly added that a “particularly high toll of 59 people who have died this year, even though we are only at the beginning of the rainy season.”

Searches of flood-affected areas are ongoing, and authorities fear the…