Hundreds feared buried in mass landslides in Uganda
By Ian Johnston, msnbc.com
At least 18 people were killed and hundreds of people were feared buried after landslides hit villages in Uganda, according to reports.
The Daily Monitor newspaper reported that at least 11 villages in the mountainous Bududa area of eastern Uganda had been hit and two, Namaaga and Bunakasala, had been completely engulfed.
Witness Rachael Namwono, 29, told the paper that at least 30 homes in Mabaya Village – containing an estimated 300 people – had been covered.
"At 2 p.m., the ground trembled, followed by heavy rumbling of soil and stones which covered our home," Namwono told the Monitor.
Two officials in Bunamulembwa Village said about 100 houses were destroyed and 150 people were unaccounted for, the paper added.
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