{"id":411501,"date":"2017-08-14T13:54:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T13:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/14\/sierra-leone-mudslide-buries-houses-with-scores-feared-dead\/"},"modified":"2017-08-14T13:54:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T13:54:34","slug":"sierra-leone-mudslide-buries-houses-with-scores-feared-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/14\/sierra-leone-mudslide-buries-houses-with-scores-feared-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone mudslide buries houses with scores feared dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p>Scores of people are feared dead and others remain trapped after a mudslide near Sierra Leone\u2019s capital, Freetown.<\/p>\n<p>A hillside in the Regent area collapsed early on Monday following heavy rains, leaving many houses covered in mud.<\/p>\n<p>A BBC reporter at the scene says many people may have been asleep when the mudslide occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The number of casualties is not yet known but Sierra Leone\u2019s Vice-President Victor Bockarie Foh said it was \u201clikely that hundreds are lying dead\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Foh told Reuters news agency that the disaster was \u201cso serious that I myself feel broken\u201d, adding that the area was being cordoned off as people were being evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>The AFP news agency is reporting that at least 180 people have been killed. Dozens of bodies have so far been retrieved.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services are at the scene trying to rescue people trapped in their homes after a section of a hill collapsed, the\u00a0<strong>Sierra Leone Telegraph reports<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Images posted on Twitter show people wading through streets, waist-deep in muddy water following the downpour in and around Freetown.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding is not unusual in Sierra Leone, where unsafe housing is regularly swept away by heavy rains.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Freetown endured deadly floods sparked by monsoon rains that killed 10 people and left thousands more homeless.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Scores of people are feared dead and others remain trapped after a mudslide near Sierra Leone\u2019s capital, Freetown. 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