DAR ES SALAAM, April 15 (Xinhua) -- At least 58 people have been killed by flash floods caused by heavy rains in 10 regions of mainland Tanzania in the past two weeks, an official has said.
Mobhare Matinyi, the chief government spokesperson and director of information services, quoted police reports as saying that the victims were killed from April 1 to April 13.
Matinyi told a news conference Sunday in the port city of Dar es Salaam that out of the 58 deaths, 10 were recorded in the Arusha region, four in Geita, two in Dar es Salaam, five in Iringa, one in Kilimanjaro, four in Lindi, six in Mbeya, five in Morogoro, 11 in Coast and 10 in Rukwa.
He said the hardest hit regions were Coast and Morogoro, where 4,635 and 6,204 households have been affected, respectively. ■