ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻia nā mākaʻikaʻi e lilo i waena o ka 30 i make ma Komohana Kongo, kahi e nalowale ana he 200 hou aʻe ma hope o ke komo ʻana o kahi moku ma Lake Mai-Ndombe i Inongo, Koko Lake Mai-Ndombe kahi loko wai nui ma ka moku ʻo Mai-Ndombe o ka Bandundu Panalāʻau i ke Komohana Kemokalaka Repubalika o Kongo. Aia ka loko i loko o ka moku ʻo Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe, kahi wai nui wai nui o ka waiwai nui i ʻike ʻia e ka Ramsar Convention ma ka honua.
ʻO nā waʻa i ka lāhui nui o Kongo i hoʻokau pinepine ʻia me nā mea holo a me nā ukana, a ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia nā lula kūhelu i nā mea āpau o ka moku.
Ua haʻi ʻo Simon Mboo Wemba, ka Meia o Inongo, i ka pō Sābati he hapa nui o ka poʻe ma luna o ka moku i piholo ma Lake Mai-Ndombe he mau kumu. Wahi a ka meia ua huakaʻi lākou e hōʻiliʻili i kā lākou uku ma ka moku no ka mea ʻilihuna loa nā ala o ka ʻāina.
ʻAʻole i ʻike koke ʻia i ka nui o ka poʻe i kau ma luna o ka moku i ka wā i hōʻea mai ai ka wā maikaʻi i ka hopena o ka Pōʻaono. Akā ua manaʻo nā luna he mau haneli ma ka moku. Ua ola ma mua o 80 mau kānaka.
I ka hoʻi iā ʻApelila, ua kuʻikuʻi kekahi moku ma Lake Kivu ma ka moku ʻo Kivu Hema o Kongo, a ua luku ʻia he 40 mau kānaka. ʻOiai ua ʻōlelo mai nā luna o Kongole he 150 poʻe e nalowale ana, a he 30 mau kānaka i hoʻōla ʻia, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka helu pono o nā mea i hōʻino ʻia.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Tourists are not expected to be among the 30 dead in Western Congo, where 200 more are missing after a boat sank at Lake Mai-Ndombe in Inongo, Congo Lake Mai-Ndombe is a large freshwater lake in the Mai-Ndombe District of the Bandundu Province in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- The lake is within the Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe area, the largest Wetland of International Importance recognized by the Ramsar Convention in the world.
- Simon Mboo Wemba, the mayor of Inongo, said Sunday night that many of those aboard the boat that sank on Lake Mai-Ndombe were teachers.
