{"id":31077,"date":"2026-04-08T09:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31077"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:55:36","slug":"deadly-floods-in-angola-claim-29-lives","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/deadly-floods-in-angola-claim-29-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly floods in Angola claim 29 lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Angola is experiencing a severe humanitarian crisis following torrential rains and flash floods.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The flash floods have killed at least 29 people, and displaced thousands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Authorities in the country say at least 34 000 people have been displaced by the floods following heavy rains in recent days in the Capital, Luanda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o mourned the deaths, saying the country was in a race against the clock\u00a0 to find, rescue and offer medical care to those affected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The flooding also caused extensive damage to thousands of homes and public infrastructure, including washed-out roads and bridges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22488,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-31077","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Angola flash floods","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31078,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31077\/revisions\/31078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}