Residents seen using bare hands to dig through dirt in search of survivors in remote, mountainous area. More than 200 people have been killed in two landslides in southern Ethiopia, authorities said. Alemayehu Bawdi, Southern Regional State representative, confirmed the death toll and said “search and rescue efforts are ongoing”. The southern region has experienced landslides previously, with at least 32 people killed in 2018 after two separate incidents within a week of each other. The flooding and landslides occurred even as other parts of the country are facing severe drought, which has prompted traditional herding communities to explore alternative food production methods.
