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Death toll from landslides in Ethiopia is expected to almost double…

Residents and rescuers dig to recover the dead body of a victim of the landslide following heavy rains in Gofa zone, Southern Ethiopia.Heavy rains triggered a landslide burying people in the Gofa Zone of southern Ethiopia on Sunday night and a second one on Monday engulfed those engaged in rescue efforts.

“The death toll is expected to rise to up to 500 people as per information received from local authorities,” UNOCHA said in a report.Dagmawi Ayele, an administrator for the Gofa Zone said rescuers had so far recovered 226 bodies, which had been buried after a funeral ceremony, and were searching for 20 more.

“It is too dangerous to approach to the site,” he said, adding that the rains were continuing on Thursday. Two landslides in southern Ethiopia have killed at least 157 people and the death toll could rise further. Heavy rain overnight caused a first landslide, and then a second buried people who had gathered to help Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.

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