Uganda: Bulambuli Mudslide Death Toll Rises to 24

Two of the Namwidisi landslide survivors who were retrieved from the rubble of mudslides in Namwidisi, Sisiyi in Bulammbuli district have died bringing the death toll to about 24.

The rescue crews led by the Uganda Red cross and local people armed with sticks, hoes, spades searched the mud-ravaged village of Namwidiisi, some still hoping to find survivors while others facing the daunting task of finding the bodies buried under the mudslides.

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