Bujumbura, March 31 (IANS): More than 10 people were killed and eight injured in a landslide following heavy rains in Burundi's Rumonge province, a government official said on Monday.
The landslide occurred at a village near Lake Tanganyika in Rumonge around 4 p.m. on Sunday. An unknown number of people went missing in the landslide which destroyed bridges and more than 600 houses in the area, administrator of Muhuta commune Jonathan Nkeshimana said, Xinhua reported.
Nkeshimana added that hectares of cassava and banana crops, two schools, a clinic and a church were also destroyed in the landslide.
He said that at least 40 vehicles were deployed to remove debris and re-open roads in the landslide-affected area.