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Death toll from Ethiopia landslides could reach 500, UN agency says

Death toll from Ethiopia landslides could reach 500, UN agency says

Mudslide in Gofa zone on Monday traps people rescuing victims from a slide the previous day

The death toll from landslides that hit south-western Ethiopia on Sunday and Monday has risen to 257 and could reach 500, the UN’s office for humanitarian affairs (OCHA) says.

Heavy rains in the mountainous Gofa zone caused a landslide on Sunday night, followed by a second on Monday morning that trapped people who were rescuing victims of the first.

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