From January to June 2018, 223 were killed in weather-related vagaries, 251 injured, 14,491 houses destroyed, 8,980 hectares of farmland washed away, 754 animals killed, 26 classrooms destroyed and 31 roads and 49 bridges damaged.
MIDIMAR told IGIHE that the weather vagaries accompanied by heavy rainfall, winds, thunderstorms, and hailstones caused a considerable destruction.
The ministry says that citizens whose properties were destroyed have been supported in accordance with available means, supported in repairs, first aid emergency, as well as foodstuffs and basic necessities.
By the end of May, the Government announced that since January it has spent over Rwf340 million in assisting natural disaster victims, Rwf141 million of which was spent on buying materials such as iron sheets (roofing), and more than Rwf200 million spent on basic aid.
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