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Landslide 'kills 100' in Uganda Uganda landslide toll set to rise
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More than 100 people have been killed in a landslide in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda, a minister has told the BBC. More than 300 people are feared dead after heavy rain caused a series of landslides in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda.
Minister for Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru has gone to the remote area to assess what help is needed. A trading centre in a village was flattened, leaving shops and houses buried under the mud, officials said.
Rescuers are digging through the mud with handheld tools, looking for survivors and bodies. Rescuers are digging in the mud with hand-held tools as mechanical diggers cannot reach the affected villages.
Up to 60 children are missing. They took shelter in a health centre which reports say was destroyed overnight. President Yoweri Museveni visited the affected area, and criticised residents for settling on a floodplain.
Mr Ecweru said he had counted 58 bodies himself but local officials had told him at least 106 people have died. The president also said the disaster could be partially blamed on local farmers for stripping the land of thick plant life.
All of a sudden the church collapsed. Mud covered the whole place. Five people seated next to me died James Kasawi, survivor Some 86 deaths have been confirmed, with local officials saying at least 250 people remain missing.
He said the government had provided 100 coffins "to give the dead citizens a very decent burial". 'Nothing left'
More than 300 people are reported to be missing after their homes were buried in the area on Monday night after recent heavy rains. The BBC's Joshua Mmali, in Bududa region, says many people are living in fear, taking shelter in a school and a shopping centre.
He says residents are placing their faith in the government to help them out.
I only survived because my head was above the mud James KasawiSurvivor
Many of the survivors in the landslide-hit area are still unaware of the fate of their loved ones.
Others are beginning the grieving process.
"This used to be our home. My mother died here, my brother, the children and everybody," said one villager, Seela Wazemba.
"Nothing is now left in my life."
One survivor said he was at a church service when the landslide hit.One survivor said he was at a church service when the landslide hit.
"All of a sudden the church collapsed. Mud covered the whole place. Five people seated next to me died. I only survived because my head was above the mud," James Kasawi told the Associated Press from a hospital in Bududa. "All of a sudden the church collapsed," James Kasawi told the Associated Press from a hospital in Bududa.
Ongoing rains have also caused widespread flooding while other landslides have damaged roads, making it almost impossible to get the kind of earth-moving equipment that rescuers need into the site of the disaster, the BBC's East Africa correspondent Peter Greste says. "Mud covered the whole place. Five people seated next to me died. I only survived because my head was above the mud."
The Red Cross has asked the government to send Ugandan army engineers to help clear the debris, but with at least a month more of heavy rains forecast the authorities are expecting things to get worse before they get better, our correspondent adds. The landslides have damaged roads and made it almost impossible to get the kind of earth-moving equipment that rescuers need into the site of the disaster.
The Red Cross has asked the government to send army engineers to help clear the debris.
But at least a month more of heavy rain is forecast, so analysts say the authorities are expecting things to get worse before they get better.
The region, about 275km (170 miles) north-east of the capital Kampala, often suffers from landslides but this is an unusually high death toll.The region, about 275km (170 miles) north-east of the capital Kampala, often suffers from landslides but this is an unusually high death toll.
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