Sierra Leone needs “urgent support” now
for thousands of people hit by mudslides
and massive flooding in the capital, the
country’s president says. Ernest Bai Koroma
said entire communities had been wiped
out and that the “devastation was
overwhelming us”. More than 300 people
have been killed and a mass burial of
victims is planned to free up space in
mortuaries.
Efforts to recover more people from the
muddy rubble that swept through the
Regent area are continuing. The Red Cross
said it was struggling to get equipment in to
extricate bodies that were buried deep in
the mud.
Homes in Freetown were engulfed after
part of Sugar Loaf mountain collapsed
following heavy rain early on Monday.
for thousands of people hit by mudslides
and massive flooding in the capital, the
country’s president says. Ernest Bai Koroma
said entire communities had been wiped
out and that the “devastation was
overwhelming us”. More than 300 people
have been killed and a mass burial of
victims is planned to free up space in
mortuaries.
Efforts to recover more people from the
muddy rubble that swept through the
Regent area are continuing. The Red Cross
said it was struggling to get equipment in to
extricate bodies that were buried deep in
the mud.
Homes in Freetown were engulfed after
part of Sugar Loaf mountain collapsed
following heavy rain early on Monday.
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