Bulambuli: According to Red Cross workers at least 24 people have died after torrential rains triggered landslides in eastern Uganda. Residents fear that 35 people may have been killed in Bulambuli district but so far 24 bodies have been recovered.
Last year, hundreds died in a similar incident on the nearby slopes of Mount Elgon.
Officials said then they would relocate up to half a million people to avoid a repeat.
Those who died in Bulambuli, 270km (167 miles) north-east of Kampala, came from two villages, Red Cross spokeswoman Catherine Ntabadde told the media.
She said two people had been rescued.
Following the Mount Elgon disaster, it was said that rapid population growth had led people to cut down trees on the mountains, making mudslides and flooding more common.
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