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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi and agencies

Death toll from Ethiopia landslides could reach 500, UN agency says

People search for victims of the second landslide to strike Gofa in south-western Ethiopia on Monday
People search for victims of the second landslide to strike Gofa in two days. Photograph: SRTA/AFP/Getty Images

The death toll from landslides that hit south-western Ethiopia on Sunday and Monday has risen to 257 and could reach 500, the UN’s office for humanitarian affairs (OCHA) says.

Heavy rains in the mountainous Gofa zone caused a landslide on Sunday night, followed by a second on Monday morning that trapped people who were rescuing victims of the first.

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