Dozens of people have died following a landslide caused by torrential rainfall in the western Cameroon city of Bafoussam, according to state media. 01:00 Landslides in Cameroon March 8, 2004 JPEG The steep forested slopes of the seventeen million-year-old Monts Bamboutos volcano rise 2740 meters (8990 feet) above sea level in southwestern Cameroon. Coronavirus: Rwanda Update COVID-19 31 August 2020 NEWS
Coronavirus - Malawi: COVID-19 Daily Information Update (1st September 2020) I think it is useful that, without delay the government support the people here.A total of 42 bodies were taken to the hospital in the city, according to an official statement read on Media reports had earlier spoken of about 30 dead, with the radio reporting that four pregnant women were among the victims.It is estimated that at least 120 people live in the neighbourhood which was swept away by the floods.The government deployed rescue teams and the military at the site to search for more survivors.The Centralization and Local development minister said the government has released $40,000 to help the local community. 01:00
“I saw a big cloud of dust and when it dissipated, I saw that the mountain had collapsed.”Landslides are quite exceptional in the area although further south they are less rare in the rainy season, notably in the English-speaking southwest.It was in the southwestern coastal resort town of Limbe that five people died in a landslide following flooding in July last year.Heavy rains continued beyond the end of Central Africa’s rainy season, causing severe flooding which has displaced nearly 30,000 people in Cameroon’s neighbour, the Central African Republic.Several agrarian states in another Cameroon neighbour, Nigeria, have also been hit by flooding. Pierre Kemvhe, 51, said his pregnant wife was still missing.
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provided by “We present the government’s solidarity with Bafoussam. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Rescuers in the town of Bafoussam have been looking for survivors in the remains of houses flattened by earth dislodged after heavy rainfall.Regional governor Fonka Awa Augustine said people had built homes on unsafe ground despite government warnings.Heavy rains have continued beyond the regular rainy season, Reuters reports.
We fear there are further deaths,” a senior local official told We represent the government's solidarity with Bafoussam. IOM Receives New Funding to Support Integrated Humanitarian and Recovery Support in South Sudan
01:35 At least 42 people were killed after their houses were swept away Tuesday in a landslide caused by torrential rain in the western Cameroon city of … A torrential downpour Monday allowed dozens of inmates to escape from prison in the central state of Kogi. VideoJacob Blake: Trump visits Kenosha to back police after shootingEd Markey defeats Joseph Kennedy III in Massachusetts primaryThe nudists spreading coronavirus in a French resortLive video dating: Finding love online with an audienceCharlie Hebdo: Fourteen suspects to face trial over Paris massacreBTS tell fans to 'stay strong' during difficult year The president blames "domestic terror" for the unrest, as Democrats say he went to "spread hate".© 2020 BBC. Among the bodies recovered were those of 26 children, Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) reported. "Around 10pm [21:00 GMT], I heard a noise," survivor Albert Kenge told the news agency.