Landslide Kills 229 People In Ethiopia ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Ethiopia #Geze #Gofa #Kencho #Misikir #Mitiku #Shacha https://osazuwaakonedo.news/landslide-kills-229-people-in-ethiopia/23/07/2024/ #Breaking News Published: July 23rd, 2024 Reshared: July 23, 2024 7:21 pm Mudslide or landslide have killed over 229 people in the Southern Ethiopia of Gofa
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00:00Mudslides or landslides have killed over 229 people in the southern Ethiopia of Ghofa district,
00:05local authorities said on Tuesday.
00:07The landslide occurred on Monday morning during a heavy rain bearing a lot of people in the
00:10community alive. It was gathered that the deadly landslide occurred on Monday morning at around
00:1510 a.m. local time in southern Ethiopia's Geze, Ghofa district. A government official in Ethiopia's
00:20Ghofa district said rescuers searching for victims of the landslide got trapped themselves,
00:24pushing up the death toll which was still growing as of Monday. At least 229 bodies
00:29were pulled from the mud between Monday and Tuesday afternoon following the two landslides
00:32in the southern Ethiopia, local authorities said. Misike Mitikun, the district general
00:37administrator of Ghofa district in the southern Ethiopia region, had on Monday said, women,
00:41children and local police were among the dead, the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation EBC reported.
00:47Video from the scene showed rescuers digging with tools in their bare hands to find survivors and
00:51recover the dead, as grieving people gathered at the site. According to a local administrator,
00:56young children and pregnant women were among the victims in Kencho Shacha Ghosti district
01:00of southern Ethiopia. ILE as reported by AP News said that at least five people have been pulled
01:05out alive. Those killed included many people who tried to rescue survivors, according to local
01:10authorities. It was gathered that many rescue team workers are missing and yet to be accounted for.
01:15On Tuesday, children were seen hugging corpses having lost their entire family members including
01:20mother, father, brother and sister. Marcos Melis, the director of the disaster response agency in
01:25Ghofa zone, stated this as reported by AP News Agency on Tuesday.
01:56Video from the scene showed rescuers digging with tools in their bare hands to find survivors and
01:58recover the dead, according to local authorities.