Eleven persons died on Monday in a landslide in southern Ethiopia, not far from the site of a similar disaster last month, according to the local authority.
So far, 11 bodies have been found in the Kawo Koisha district of the Wolaita administrative zone in Ethiopia’s southern region, and search and rescue operations are under way, the Wolaita Zone Government Communication Affairs Department said in a statement on Monday.
It warned that the death toll may likely rise.
The area lies to the northeast of the tiny locality of Kencho Shacha Gozdi, in South Ethiopian regional state, which was hit by mudslides last month and claimed more than 250 people and affected thousands of Ethiopians.
The landslide, according to reports, occurred following heavy rainfall in the Kawo Koisha district.
A number of landslides have occurred in southern Ethiopia recently as a result of heavy seasonal rains.
About a week after the Kencho Shacha tragedy, six persons were killed in the Gishere district in the neighbouring Sidama regional state, local officials said.
The South Ethiopia regional authorities issued a warning about the risk of floods and landslides and urged residents to take precautions.
Ethiopia, the second-most populous country in Africa, is highly vulnerable to climate-related disasters.
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