10 killed in Ethiopia landslide: State media
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Approximately 2,400 people have been displaced by the landslide which affected Ethiopia's Amhara region.
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A man and a woman react while residents and volunteers leave for the night after digging in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa on July 24, 2024. (AFP)
10 people have been killed in a landslide in the Amhara region in northern Ethiopia, local state media reported on Saturday, caused by heavy seasonal rains.
"10 people have died in the disaster", the Amhara Media Corporation (AMC) reported, citing local administrator Tesfaye Workneh, who added that four bodies have been retrieved from the mud.
The state media's report did not mention the time the natural disaster occurred in the North Gondar zone of the region, or if there is an ongoing search party.
Eight other people have been severely wounded and are currently receiving treatment, the AMC said, quoting the local official.
Additionally, the report stated that approximately 2,400 people had been "displaced by the disaster and are currently sheltered in local social institutions."
The local news outlet shared photographs on its official Facebook page depicting people carrying at least one body from the epicentre of the large landside.
Death toll from Ethiopia landslide rises to 229: Local official
This is not the first deadly landslide Ethiopia has experienced this year.
On July 23, a local official reported that the death toll from a landslide in southern Ethiopia reached at least 229. This constitutes the deadliest such disaster recorded in the Horn of Africa nation.
The landslide occurred on July 22 around 10:00 am (0700 GMT) following heavy rains in a mountainous area of the South Ethiopia regional state. Previously, the reported death toll was 55.
148 men and 81 women were confirmed to have lost their lives after the disaster struck in the Kencho-Shacha locality in the Gofa Zone on Monday, the local Communications Affairs Department said in a statement.
