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Relocations begin as death toll from deadly landslides in Uganda reach 43
The government of Uganda has revealed that they’ve started relocating displaced residents following deadly landslides which have thus far claimed no less than 43 lives.
The government in a statement put the final death toll at 43, up from an initial figure of 31, and said a further 21 people were injured with around 800 left homeless.
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It said the cabinet had “directed resettlement of persons at risk of (further) landslides to begin immediately”.
Reports say the landslides was caused by torrential rains which unleashed a deluge of boulders, mud and water down Mount Elgon near the border with Kenya, uprooting trees, pulverising homes and burying residents in the town of Bukalasi and some nearby villages.
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