Landslide caused havoc due to heavy rain / In a rural corner of Ethiopia, torrential rains caused a landslide that claimed the lives of at least 229 individuals, many of whom were attempting to rescue victims. Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister, called it a “terrible loss.” According to Dagmawi Ayele, a local official, children and pregnant women were among the victims of the mudslide in the southern Ethiopian province of Kencho Shacha Gojdi. From the wreckage, at least five people have been saved.
The head of the communications office for the Gofa zone, Kasahun Abeyneh, stated that although the original death toll on Monday was 55, it soon increased. There’s a search going on in the vicinity. The landslide happened in the Gofa zone, which is the administrative area. The ruling party of Ethiopia expressed its sadness over the tragedy in a statement. In a Facebook statement, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed his “deep sadness over this terrible loss.”
The Federal Disaster Prevention Task Force has been dispatched to support search and rescue operations, according to the prime minister’s statement. The number of individuals who are missing is still unknown. According to Marcos Melisse, another Gofa officer, the majority of the victims were buried early on Monday morning by a landslide. Rescuers were looking for victims at the moment because there had been another avalanche the day before. Numerous individuals struck by the landslide while attempting to save others have vanished from sight.
“There are many children who have lost their entire family including their mother, father, brother and sister in the accident and are crying clinging to the bodies,” said Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. ”’ In Ethiopia, landslides are frequent during the rainy season, which starts in July. It’s likely that the rainy season will last until mid-September.
Landslide caused havoc due to heavy rain, death toll crosses 220
