“The death toll has risen to 257,” as of July 24, the UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA said in statement citing local authorities. The death toll from landslides in a remote region of southern Ethiopia has risen to 257, the United Nations said on Thursday, warning that the number of victims could soar to up to 500. Photo: AFPAid has begun arriving in the isolated, hard-to-reach area, including four trucks of life-saving supplies from the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, it said. The landslide is the deadliest on record in Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous nation which is often battered by climate-related disasters. Residents and volunteers search for survivors after a landslide in Ethiopia, the deadliest on record in the country that is Africa’s second most populous nation.

Source: Ethiopian News July 25, 2024 11:34 UTC