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Death toll continues to rise after devastating landslide in Ethiopia

In this handout photo released by Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department, a man searches for survivors after a mudslide in the Kencho Shacha Gozdi district, Gofa Zone, southern Ethiopia, Monday, 22 July, 2024. AP - Isayas Churga

Local residents were desperately searching for survivors on Wednesday after a landslide in a remote area of southern Ethiopia killed more than 200 people, the deadliest such disaster recorded in the Horn of Africa nation.

Crowds of people were gathered at the site of the tragedy, some clawing through the mud with shovels or their bare hands, according to images posted on social media by the local authority.

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