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Residents walk past a house buried in mud following flooding and landslides in Masugu on November 28, 2024. [AFP]
The death toll from landslides that hit several villages in eastern Uganda rose to 20, with more than 100 still unaccounted for, the Red Cross said Friday.
The Red Cross said the toll had risen "following the retrieval of 19 bodies and the unfortunate passing of one survivor at the hospital," without giving an estimate on how many people were missing. Authorities had Thursday put the death toll at 15 with 113 listed as missing.
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