Eight people were killed on Wednesday by heavy rains that hit the provinces of Huíla and Huambo.

This was said to Angop on Thursday by the spokesman of the National Civil Protection Fire Services (SNPCB), Faustino Sebastião.

He said that six people of the same family such as father, mother and four children die after the collapsing of their house in Patrice Lumumba ward, in the outskirt of Lubango city.

The two other people died in Huambo city.