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A community in mourning after nine members of the same family died when their house collapsed.
同一个家庭的9名成员在房屋倒塌中丧生，整个社区因此陷入哀悼之中。
Monday night, heavy rains hit the Congolese capital of Kinshasa and its surroundings, killing dozens of people.
周一晚上，大雨袭击了刚果首都金沙萨及其周边地区，造成数十人死亡。
"We woke up around 4:15 in the morning when the water entered the house.
“我们在凌晨4点15分左右醒来，那时候水冲入了房子。
At some point, there was no more danger, so we went back to bed.
之后我们觉得不再有危险了，所以就回到了床上。
And shortly afterwards, the ground collapsed on the children and the parents, as well as on a neighbor who was passing by."
但不久之后，地面倒塌了，压在孩子和父母身上，还有路过的邻居。”
The disaster took place on National Road 1 that connects Kinshasa to the river port of Matadi,
这场灾难发生在连接金沙萨和马塔迪河港的1号国道上，
a generally busy highway which is essential to the supply of the city and its surroundings.
平常这是一条非常繁忙的高速公路，对城市及其周边地区的供应至关重要。
Officials said they were working to reopen the road.
官员们表示，他们正在努力恢复这条道路。
Kinshasa and its surroundings suffer from poor urban planning which can exacerbate the impacts of extreme weather.
由于金沙萨及其周边地区城市的规划不善，这会加剧极端天气的影响。
In 2019, around 40 people died following heavy rains and landslides.
2019年时，就有约40人死于暴雨和山体滑坡。
