2024-07-23 09:08:56
A new disaster struck Ethiopia. At least 146 people died in landslides after heavy rains on Monday in an area in Ethiopia’s Southern Province, local authorities announced. The same authorities specified on Tuesday that the toll rose on Tuesday with at least 146 deaths after the announcement of 55 deaths the day before.
“The investigations that have been carried out so far have found a total of 146 bodies including women and children, 96 men and 50 women” announces the local government of Gova, where the disaster occurred, ” target = ” _blank” > in a press release published on Wednesday morning.
“More than 55 bodies were found after the landslide, which was caused this morning (Monday) by heavy rains and the cost may increase,” Dagmawi Zerihun, a government official in the administrative area of Gofa, lamented. in a press release issued by local authorities where the disaster occurred.
The unity of the population around the search for victims
The administrative area of Gofa, where the earthquake occurred, is about 450 kilometers, or ten hours by road, from Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
Miskir Mitiku, who is the chief of Geze-Gofa village (district) and the place where the crash happened, has already explained that “the search for the rest and the body is ongoing” in a press release by the Gofa authorities. He said women and children were among the victims.
Photos released by authorities in the Gofa area show residents gathered at the foot of a grassy hill. From this mountain, a large part broke away, taking the trees with it in its fall. A resident can be seen excavating a thick layer of red clay using a shovel in the photos. No rescue work is visible in the published photographs.
No additional information has been provided at this time.
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