# ‘They could not get out’: Mother and child die in Dakar floods

https://mins.news/en/video/87505

- Reuters, 2026-10-06 06:46 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vUM1UkvUq4

> A woman and her child died after floodwaters submerged their room in Dakar’s Parcelles Assainies district following heavy rain, according to an eyewitness.

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