Cameroon:

At the least 23 individuals have been killed in a Landslide attributable to Heavy Rain in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde, firefighters stated on Monday.

Landslides are frequent throughout the wet season in Yaounde, the place homes are typically constructed precariously on the town’s many hills.

The newest incident occurred late Sunday within the district of Mbankolo, northwest of Yaounde, which is house to just about three million individuals.

“Yesterday we pulled out 15 individuals who had died and this morning we’ve got discovered eight. We’re nonetheless trying,” the hearth service’s second in command David Petatoa Poufong advised reporters.

Torrential rains brought on a levee holding again a man-made lake sitting on greater floor to rupture, in line with public broadcaster CRTV.

Photos broadcast on TV confirmed a complete part of a hill had collapsed and what remained of homes apparently constructed out wooden, dried earth bricks and steel sheeting.

“There was a landslide after heavy rain. The water swept away every little thing in its path,” Daouda Ousmanou, a neighborhood administrative official introduced on public radio.

In November, not less than 15 individuals died when a landslide engulfed members of a funeral celebration in Yaounde’s working-class district of Damas, on its japanese outskirts.

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