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Landslide in Uganda on December 05 2019 12:09 PM (UTC).


At least five people have died and 38 are missing after landslides caused by heavy rains buried homes in eastern Uganda, the Red Cross and police officials said on Thursday.

Three children were among the dead in villages on the hills that form the Elgon range in Bududa district, according to the Uganda Red Cross.More than 200 people have been displaced.

The area's police spokesman, Robert Tukei, told DPA that "many people have been killed in the landslides but we are yet to establish the exact numbers.

"Rivers in the area have also burst their banks, causing floods downstream, the Red Cross said.Uganda and many other countries in East Africa have been hit by "unusually heavy rainfall and flooding," ...

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