The number of victims of landslides in Ethiopia increased to 229

reported by Mehr News Agency According to the Reuters TV channel, the deadliest landslide in the history of Ethiopia has killed at least 229 people.

According to this media, dozens of people are still missing in this incident and it is feared that they are buried under the mud.

The search for the missing persons continues.

In the images published on social networks, it can be seen that the citizens of this remote area in the south of Ethiopia continue to try to pull people out of the ground with their bare hands and shovels. They give.

According to the AFP report, by the end of Monday, August 1st, the bodies of 148 men and 81 women were discovered and 5 people were pulled out alive from under the mud.

Ethiopia, with a population of 120 million, is the second most populous country on the African continent, which is vulnerable to natural disasters such as floods and droughts due to its geographical location and population dispersion.

Habatamu Fetina, the head of the crisis management committee and government representative in the mountainous and remote Gofa region in the south of Ethiopia, previously reported the number of victims of the landslide in this region to 146. .