Ethiopia landslides death toll could jump to 500, UN says
The death toll from landslides in Ethiopia earlier this week has risen to 257 and is expected to almost double at 500, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said on Thursday (July 25).
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.
On Tuesday, Ethiopia's National Disaster Risk Management Commission had put the death toll at 229.
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.
(Source: Reuters)
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