Heavy rains in Uganda kill 17 children, one adult

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'Many buildings are blown away, others de-roofed, crops destroyed.'

"Now 18 people confirmed dead," all but one of them children, in the village of Bulembo in the eastern district of Buyende, said Irene Nakasiita, the Red Cross spokeswoman."Teams on the ground couldn't complete the assessment due to another heavy downpour in the same communities."

Others gave different death tolls from the fierce weather. Ugandan police said there were 13 deaths in the village."We suspect between 20 to 30 people to have died in the heavy rainstorm as some were hit by debris and collapsing walls," Kiiza was quoted as saying by the local media.Uganda has two long rainy seasons, one from March to May and again between September and December.

 

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