{"id":412153,"date":"2017-08-19T12:16:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/19\/congo-mudslide-death-toll-to-rise-to-200\/"},"modified":"2017-08-19T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T12:16:09","slug":"congo-mudslide-death-toll-to-rise-to-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/19\/congo-mudslide-death-toll-to-rise-to-200\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo mudslide death toll \u2018to rise to 200\u2019"},"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 class=\"story-body__introduction\">The death toll from Wednesday\u2019s landslide in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to rise above 200, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the dead are from a fishing community on Lake Albert.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the figure is based on the number of households buried after heavy rains caused parts of a nearby mountain to collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Hopes of finding survivors has faded as rescuers do not have the means to move the large rocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many people submerged whom we were unable to save,\u201d Pacifique Keta, the vice governor of Ituri province told Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Mountains made the area difficult to access, Mr Keta added.<\/p>\n<p>Many parts of west and central Africa are vulnerable to landslides, because land is heavily deforested and communities crowd into steep hillsides.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Congo is also on a seismic fault line and frequently suffers earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p>More than 400 people have been killed and 600 remain missing after a similar disaster in Sierra Leone.<\/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; The death toll from Wednesday\u2019s landslide in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to rise above 200, officials say. 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