KAMPALA - Five people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rains triggered a series of landslides in eastern Uganda's mountainous Bududa district, the Red Cross said on Wednesday .
"Five confirmed dead," said Uganda Red Cross spokeswoman Irene Nakasiita, adding these included a 73-year-old woman and several children. "The local Red Cross branch volunteers together with the local police joined efforts and retrieved the bodies. The affected areas have steep slopes. It is threatening to rain again accessibility is still a challenge," she added."It is a tragic occurrence. Many people are said to be dead and many missing, but we are trying to get the details as the terrain here is difficult to manoeuvre and get to the affected villages.
In 2018, at least 41 people were killed after a river in the region burst its banks, and in 2010, at least 100 people were killed in a landslide.
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