Heavy equipment is used as rescue workers search for survivors and victims following a mudslide in Regent, east of Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Monday. (AP Photo)FREETOWN -- Rescue workers have recovered 270 bodies so far from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown and the search continues for more, the mayor said on Tuesday. "We have a total of 270 corpses which we are now preparing for burial," Freetown mayor Sam Gibson told reporters outside city hall. A mass burial today will free up space for more bodies in the central morgue, which is overloaded, a Reuters witness said. Rescue centres have been set up around the capital to register and assist victims, he said in a television address on Monday evening.

Source: Bangkok Post August 15, 2017 09:22 UTC