More than 300 people were killed when a mudslide struck the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Monday, sweeping away homes.



The Red Cross said at least 205 bodies had been taken to the central morgue in Freetown. Police and military personnel were at the scene in the mountain town of Regent searching for people trapped in the debris.



The death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are recovered, Red Cross spokesman Abu Bakarr Tarawallie said.



Vice President Victor Foh told Reuters at the scene: “It is likely that hundreds are lying dead underneath the rubble.” He said a number of illegal buildings had been erected in the area.



“The disaster is so serious that I myself feel broken,” he said. “We’re trying to cordon the area. Evacuate the people.”


Standing in the rain, people cried and gestured toward a muddy hillside where dozens of houses once stood, a Reuters witness said.



“We were asleep when we heard the noise of one of the walls falling down. By the time we got up water was flowing in and the whole house was flooded,” said 36-year-old Salimatu Bangura.



She escaped, but her brother died, she said.



Mudslides and floods are fairly common during the rainy season in West Africa, where deforestation and poor town planning has put residents at risk.


Mynd44


http://www.eyereport.com.ng/mudslide-kills-over-300-in-sierra-leone/

Cc; Lalasticlala

But where is lalasticlala sef

Damn

What's a mudslide?

OmG,this shouldn't be happening ...may the souls of the dead Rest in peace.

A very bloody Geological hazard....The death toll interprets the level of attention that was given to it.
Very poor.


R.I.P

How does this affect the price of short-time?

Afterall Sierra Leone is another man's land.

AYE TI FE PA RE.

...

oh my God!

Wetn dis people do to deserve all this na?
Three years ago, Ebola raise head. Now this

Did they Die

Nawao

Nature strikes back

OH mine

Illegal builders in erosion prone areas of the west and east take note.

Landslide can also take place.

RIP to the dead.

This is soo disastrous.

Very sad

So sad, Rip

Not really natural disaster but human errors that cause the mudslide.. Government should declare the area no go area.. May, the dead one rest in peace

Hope is not coming to nig?

NwaAmaikpe:


How does this affect the price of short-time?
Afterall Sierra Leone is another man's land.

Lmao

An environmental but human induced hazard. Rip to the dead.

RIP

swiz123:
What's a mudslide?

Nah sky be that

Rip to the dead

RIP.

A warning to those who think it is their right to build anywhere in whatever manner they see fit.

Nature is undefeated.

NwaAmaikpe:



How does this affect the price of short-time?

Afterall Sierra Leone is another man's land.

You are an elephant since u can't show any sympathy for lives of human beings....I'm sorry

NwaAmaikpe:


How does this affect the price of short-time?
Afterall Sierra Leone is another man's land.

Really How can you say such a thing

“The disaster is so serious that I myself feel broken,” he said. “We’re trying to cordon the area. Evacuate the people.” There's no point 'trying'. Do it right away

NwaAmaikpe:


How does this affect the price of short-time?
Afterall Sierra Leone is another man's land.

wicked soul