The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi says he will cut short his trip to the US, where he is attending the US-Africa leaders summit, after floods killed more than 120 people in Kinshasa.
In a tweet, Mr Tshisekedi says he will return home on Thursday after his meeting with President Joe Biden.
Three days of national mourning have been declared and the president has told state agencies to assist the affected families and start rebuilding damaged infrastructure.
In a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the summit, President Tshisekedi blamed the floods on climate change, the AFP news agency reports.