Muhuta (commune)
Commune of Muhuta | |
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Commune | |
Commune of Muhuta Commune of Muhuta in Burundi | |
| Coordinates: 3°36′57″S 29°24′15″E / 3.6157714°S 29.4042537°E | |
| Country | Burundi |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (Central Africa Time) |
Muhuta is a commune of Rumonge Province in Burundi.
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.