After a chronic drought, heavy rains have fallen on a lot of Uganda since late July, inflicting deaths, flooding and the destruction of crops.
Not less than 15 individuals died in western Uganda after their properties had been buried in a landslide triggered by torrential rains, the Pink Cross has stated.
Most of these killed had been girls and kids, Uganda Pink Cross spokeswoman Irene Nakasiita stated in an announcement on Monday.
On the time of the assertion, emergency staff had been shovelling by means of mud in the hunt for survivors.
Nakasiita stated not less than six individuals had been rescued and transferred to a close-by hospital, as she posted photos of rescuers digging for others.
Kasese district, the place the catastrophe occurred, is susceptible to landslides, particularly through the wet season, as a result of it sits within the foothills of the Rwenzori mountains that straddle the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
After a chronic drought, heavy rains have fallen on a lot of Uganda since late July, inflicting deaths and flooding and the destruction of crops, properties and infrastructure.
In July, flooding brought on by heavy rains killed not less than 24 individuals in Mbale district in jap Uganda.
In October 2018, not less than 41 individuals died when a landslide rolled down the slopes of Mount Elgon by means of the Nanyinza village in the identical area.
The nation’s climate company had warned it might be hit by unusually robust and harmful rains within the August-December season and suggested individuals residing in mountainous areas to be vigilant or evacuate to safer areas.