Yaboa Ndula
4 October 2007
The incident occured on 27 September.
Some 23 homes have been damaged by landslide including vast farmlands in Abuh village, Fundong Sub Division in the North West Province. Eye witnesses say debris and boulders rolled down toward the steep hills to meet inhabitants in their Abuh valley settlements at about 2 pm last Thursday.
The mass movement of land also damaged crops, mud brick houses and fruit trees including maize, kolanuts and raffia palms. According to a report provided by the Crisis Commission headed by the assistant Divisional Officer for Fundong, 185 people are seriously affected, with 22 families in great pain.
The technical report noted that Abuh is a dangerous settlement with houses perched on hill sides. Its loose soils, sandwitched by debris and boulders often come rolling upon the roofs during heavy rains. At press time, the assistant Divisional Officer had ordered families residing at the site to quit to safer areas, while the Commision's report has recommended urgent accomodation for victims, warmth clothing and food. No dead were reported during the landslide in Abuh village.
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