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| Landslide 'kills 100' in Uganda | Landslide 'kills 100' in Uganda |
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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 100 people have been killed in a landslide in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda, a minister has told the BBC. |
| Minister for Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru has gone to the area to assess what help is needed. | Minister for Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru has gone to the area to assess what help is needed. |
| Rescuers are digging through the mud with handheld tools, looking for survivors and bodies. | Rescuers are digging through the mud with handheld tools, looking for survivors and bodies. |
| Up to 60 children are missing. They took shelter in a health centre which reports say was destroyed. | |
| Mr Ecweru said he had counted 58 bodies himself but local officials had told him at least 106 people have died. | Mr Ecweru said he had counted 58 bodies himself but local officials had told him at least 106 people have died. |
| All of a sudden the church collapsed. Mud covered the whole place. Five people seated next to me died James Kasawi, survivor | |
| He said the government had provided 100 coffins "to give the dead citizens a very decent burial". | He said the government had provided 100 coffins "to give the dead citizens a very decent burial". |
| More than 300 people are reported to be missing after their homes were buried in the area after recent heavy rains. | More than 300 people are reported to be missing after their homes were buried in the area after recent heavy rains. |
| 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. | |
| Correspondents say the region, about 275km (170 miles) north-east of the capital Kampala, often suffers from landslides but this is an unusually high death toll. |