At least 229 dead after landslides in Ethiopia - as people killed while trying to save those buried under mud
Tuesday, 23 July 2024 () At least 229 people have been killed after two landslides in as many days in Ethiopia, with young children and pregnant women reported to be among the dead, a government official has said.
A tearful crowd gathers around a mud pit containing dead bodies as volunteers dig for survivors of landslides that have killed 229 people and displaced thousands more in southern Ethiopia.
229 people have been killed in two landslides in southern Ethiopia, according to government officials, who warned the number could increase.,,The first landslide, triggered by heavy rains in a remote region of Gofa zone, occurred on Monday and was followed by a second one that buried people who had gathered to help, state officials said on Tuesday.
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