Cape Verde floods kill at least eight people


  • World
  • Tuesday, 12 Aug 2025

PRAIA (Reuters) -At least eight people were killed after flooding on Cape Verde's Sao Vicente island overwhelmed emergency services and cut key roads, a regional civil protection councillor said on Tuesday.

On Monday morning torrential rains lashed the northern island in the Atlantic archipelago located off West Africa, swamping roads and sweeping away vehicles and people.

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