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At least four people have died following torrential rains in Cameroon’s mountainous region of Adamawa, an official said Saturday.
Several days of torrential downpours in the region’s chief town of Ngaoundere triggered a sudden surge in the water level downstream of a local lake, damaging infrastructure and leaving some residents trapped, according to Valeri Norbert Kuela, prefect of the Vina division of the region.
“People construct houses in swampy areas and when it rains, they are easily affected by floods. Unfortunately, this time we have lost lives. We are intensifying efforts to redress the situation,” Kuela told Xinhua over the phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At least four people have died following torrential rains in Cameroon’s mountainous region of Adamawa, an official said Saturday.Several days of torrential downpours in the region’s chief town of Ngaoundere triggered a sudden surge in the water level downstream of a local lake, damaging infrastructure and leaving some residents trapped, according to Valeri Norbert Kuela, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n4 dead after torrential rainfall hits Cameroon - Metro Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/07\/06\/4-dead-after-torrential-rainfall-hits-cameroon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 dead after torrential rainfall hits Cameroon - 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