Sierra Leone mudslide: Residents evacuate in fear of second mudslide

Following the mudslide killing more than 400 people in Sierra Leone on August 14, the Regent area is being evacuated over fears of another deadly mudslide. Hundreds of people in the area near capital Freetown are still searching for lost relatives. Approximately 600 people went missing in one of Africas worst flood disasters. Soldiers and volunteers continue the search for bodies buried in the mudslide. Aid agencies fear corpses in the mud could contaminate water sources.

Newsweek

• August 19, 2017 19:26 IST

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Following the mudslide killing more than 400 people in Sierra Leone on August 14, the Regent area is being evacuated over fears of another deadly mudslide. Hundreds of people in the area near capital Freetown are still searching for lost relatives. Approximately 600 people went missing in one of Africas worst flood disasters. Soldiers and volunteers continue the search for bodies buried in the mudslide. Aid agencies fear corpses in the mud could contaminate water sources.