100,000 people flee due to floods in Tanzania

Heavy storm hit the shores of Lake Tanganyika where water levels had risen causing floods and landslides.

This natural disaster have forced thousands of residents, about  100,000 people, who live on the shores of the lake to evacuate their homes in Burundi in recent years.

People described waking up at night to find their homes and farms swallowed by the lake, the world’s second-deepest.

Lake Tanganyika runs through Burundi and several other African states.

It is the longest fresh water lake in the world. Its water levels rose to 776.4 metres (2,547.2ft) above sea level in April compared with the normal average of 772.7 metres.

Many factors contribute to flooding, but a warming atmosphere caused by climate change makes extreme rainfall more likely.

The world has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.