CORRECTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED TO TWO - Charlotte Ntibatekereza, who lost her son and grandson in the fighting in Kiwanja July 25 2012, stands in her house Sunday Aug. 5, 2012. Ntibatekereza's son, his wife and her 4-year-old grandson were sleeping on the floor when a heavy-calibre bullet smashed through three walls of their home. Her son and grandson died instantly. Her daughter-in-law is in the hospital recuperating from a bullet wound to the arm in fighting last week that pitted M23 rebels against the army. The rebels have the upper hand, holding a string of eastern town as regional leaders gather Monday in Kinshasa to try to resolve a rebellion that has forced more than a quarter million people from their homes. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
CORRECTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED TO TWO - Charlotte Ntibatekereza, who lost her son and grandson in the fighting in Kiwanja July 25 2012, stands in her house Sunday Aug. 5, 2012. Ntibatekereza's son, his wife and her 4-year-old grandson were sleeping on the floor when a heavy-calibre bullet smashed through three walls of their home. Her son and grandson died instantly. Her daughter-in-law is in the hospital recuperating from a bullet wound to the arm in fighting last week that pitted M23 rebels against the army. The rebels have the upper hand, holding a string of eastern town as regional leaders gather Monday in Kinshasa to try to resolve a rebellion that has forced more than a quarter million people from their homes. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
In this photograph taken Thursday Aug. 2, 2012, A Congolese man in Goma, eastern Congo, transports a diesel generator using a chikudu, which is a cross between a bike and a scooter and made of wood. U.N. humanitarian chief Baroness Valerie Amos arrived in Goma on Tuesday and is to visit some of the 280,000 people who have fled their homes since mutinying soldiers launched the M23 rebellion in April. But security is so poor that Amos was forced to cancel planned trips to the mining town of Walikale and the seat of the rebellion at Rutshuru town, 75 kilometers (50 miles) north of Goma. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
GOMA, Congo (AP) ? Drenching rain punctuated by frightening bursts of thunder and forked lightning add to the misery of some of the 280,000 refugees from Congo's eastern rebellion, whose plight is highlighted by a visit from the U.N. humanitarian chief.
A planned U.N. food distribution could be delayed by Wednesday's tropical thunderstorm.
The U.N.'s Baroness Valerie Amos, on the third day of a Congo trip, says relief efforts are hampered by a lack of funding. She appeals for contributions. The U.N. says aid organizations need $791 million and so far have received only $341 million.
In the storm, makeshift huts of twigs and leaves became swamps at an impromptu camp outside Goma, the provincial capital. Mutinous soldiers started the rebellion in April and have taken control of large swathes of eastern Congo.
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