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Burundi: Lake Tanganyika Reaches Record Levels, Submerging Parts of Burundi
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Most internal displacement in East Africa s Burundi due to rise of Lake Tanganyika
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The floods have caused dispalcement, with families abandoning their homes to look for dry ground.
River Rusizi, which runs along Burundi s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo was the first to overflow, before Lake Tanganyika s already rising waters spilled over. All the children s notebooks were flooded. The clothes and other materials. We didn t save anything, said Francoise Habonimana as she washed the few clothes she was able to salvage with her daughter.
The most affected areas are the poor, low-lying neighborhoods of Bujumbura where proper drainage systems are virtually non-existent.
Experts say entire villages need to be moved for the area s destroyed eco-system to be rehabilitated.