Shocked residents look at the bodies of their relatives who were buried alive by the a landslide in Bududa
A MASSIVE landslide swept the slopes of Mt. Elgon in eastern Uganda on Monday night, killing at least 80 people, with 350 missing and feared dead.
The landslide erased three villages in Bududa district known as Kubehwo, Namakansa and Nametsi located in Bukalasi sub-county.
By press time, 80 bodies had been recovered, with only 43 survivors, two of them elderly women.
Over 100 pupils, who could not walk home in time because River Wukha was flooded, and took shelter in a shop in Nametsi, were buried.
The shop attendant, Michael Nabute, who had reportedly sheltered them, took off when he heard thunderous sound of rolling earth up-hill.
Other people were trapped for running in the wrong direction in a desperate attempt to escape.
The landslide erased three villages in Bududa district known as Kubehwo, Namakansa and Nametsi located in Bukalasi sub-county.
By press time, 80 bodies had been recovered, with only 43 survivors, two of them elderly women.
Over 100 pupils, who could not walk home in time because River Wukha was flooded, and took shelter in a shop in Nametsi, were buried.
The shop attendant, Michael Nabute, who had reportedly sheltered them, took off when he heard thunderous sound of rolling earth up-hill.
Other people were trapped for running in the wrong direction in a desperate attempt to escape.
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Ooh mother nature!! 100 students, how can this be?? It's sad.
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