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| Burials are being held in Uganda for people killed in a mudslide which swept away three villages near the eastern town of Bududa. | |
| The BBC's Joshua Mmali at the scene on the slopes of Mount Elgon said in some cases entire families were being buried. | |
| About 90 bodies have been recovered; more than 260 people are still missing. | About 90 bodies have been recovered; more than 260 people are still missing. |
| The UN says it is supplying tents and plastic sheeting for up to 5,000 people left homeless by the mudslide. | |
| In one village, eyewitnesses said schoolchildren took shelter in a health centre later engulfed by the mud. | |
| Lack of tree cover | |
| Our correspondent says army officers are at the scene trying to recover bodies. | |
| The army says the search operation will take months and that some of the bodies may never be found. | The army says the search operation will take months and that some of the bodies may never be found. |
| "We're getting bodies six feet to eight feet underground [nearly 2.5m] - making it very hard as the area is muddy and rocky," Lt Col Wilson Kabera - in charge of the recovery operation - told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme. | |
| "We cannot get heavy earth-moving equipment to this point so we're basically using hand-held tools," he said. | |
| Our reporter says continuing heavy rain is hampering the operation. | |
| Whenever a shower starts, people flee the excavation scene fearing further landslides, he says. | |
| Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni visited the area on Wednesday and said the mudslide was partly due to the loss of tree cover. | |
| 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. |