Muhuta (commune)
Commune in Burundi
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Muhuta is a commune of Rumonge Province in Burundi. [1][2]
Commune of Muhuta | |
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| Coordinates: 3.6157714°S 29.4042537°E | |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (Central Africa Time) |
In December 2023 heavy rains in the commune of Muhuta flooded hundreds of hectares of crop fields, causing landslides. A woman and her two children died when they were swept away by the Nyamusenyi stream. A week later their bodies were found in a pile of mud. Lightning injured people in the commune, social infrastructure was damaged and dozens of hectares of crop fields were damaged.[3]