- Title: Sierra Leone residents evacuate fearing another mudslide
- Date: 18th August 2017
- Summary: REGENT, NEAR FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE (AUGUST 18, 2017) (REUTERS) HOUSES ON THE HILLS AND AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL WHERE THE MUDSLIDE OCCURRED VARIOUS OF THE HILL WHERE THE MUDSLIDE OCCURRED HOUSES IN THE VALLEY AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL WHERE THE MUDSLIDE OCCURRED WORKERS PAINTING THE BARS OF A WINDOW OF A HOUSE MEN STANDING AT THE ENTRANCE OF A HOUSE WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE COURTYARD OF A HOUSE VARIOUS OF MEN AND A VAN LOADED WITH FURNITURE VARIOUS OF MATTRESSES IN THE VAN (SOUNDBITE) (Krio) RESIDENT, IBRAHIM KAMARA, SAYING: "It's not safe right now here and we must leave. They said we should all leave from this community and the government said we should all move now. So I am going to stay with my friend." MEN IN THE VAN LOADED WITH THE FURNITURE DRIVING AWAY MEN UNLOADING FOOD SACKS FROM A TRUCK AND THROWING THEM ON THE PATIO OF A HOUSE MEN PILING UP THE FOOD SACKS SACKS WITH VEGETABLES ORANGE FOOD SACKS PILED UP ON THE PATIO OF A HOUSE MEN ARRANGING THE FOOD SACKS ON THE PATIO OF A HOUSE FOOD SACKS PILED UP VARIOUS OF DEPUTY MINISTER OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND GENDER, ZULIATU COOPER, WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE BADGE ON COOPER'S JACKET READING (English) "OFFICE OF NATIONAL SECURITY" (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEPUTY MINISTER OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND GENDER, ZULIATU COOPER, SAYING: "First of all I am doing this because I am Sierra Leonean and I feel for what happened here. My partners, up to this point, at this point, are Sierra Leoneans, nationals, like the ladies who just came here, they are all Sierra Leoneans. I know you have some who are international partners who are donating, like UNICEF, WFP and stuff but for now what we are receiving here are from locals who really feel they should contribute. We do cooking here and this is not the only spot, we go all the way to Goderich and Juba, Lumley, for people who are displaced or homeless and who have been affected by this disaster. And people are trying to coming out in a large number and I really really, really appreciate the response from the Sierra Leoneans." CROWD GATHERED AROUND A MAN ADDRESSING THEM ON MEGAPHONE IN KRIO VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LISTENING TO THE MAN ADDRESSING THEM ON MEGAPHONE OUTSIDE OF A HOUSE WHERE THE GERMAN NGO DONATES MATTRESSES MAN STANDING BY MATTRESSES AT THE GERMAN NGO "FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER" LOGO OF THE GERMAN NGO "FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER" PEOPLE SIGNING THEIR NAMES TO RECEIVE MATTRESS MAN CARRYING AWAY A MATTRESS AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN GATHERED TOGETHER MAN HOLDING A MATTRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) WORLD HUNGER HELP REPRESENTATIVE, HIMRONA KSOWA, SAYING: "We are here today to make sure that we give the mattresses, as well as blankets actually to cover them which in a few days and then we will see what we can do for them." PEOPLE GATHERED IN THE COURTYARD OF A HOUSE IN CONSTRUCTION WITH WOMEN COOKING WOMEN COOKING
- Embargoed: 1st September 2017 19:04
- Keywords: Sierra Leone flooding mud and tangled roots mudslide more than 400 killed government United Nations
- Location: REGENT, NEAR FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE
- City: REGENT, NEAR FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE
- Country: Sierra Leone
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Floods
- Reuters ID: LVA0016UOR1HJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Residents in Sierra Leone's Regent area evacuated on Friday (August 18) fearing another deadly mudslide after the one that has already killed more than 400 people.
The cracks on a hill adjacent to Sugar Loaf Mountain are prompting the government and humanitarian organisations to issue the evacuation order.
The United Nations have been using drones and satellite images to help provide mapping for further risk areas and said with the onset of more rain there was a risk of a second landslide.
The mudslide on Monday (August 14) was one of Africa's worst flood-related disasters in living memory and struck Sierra Leone only a year after it began its recovery from the 2014-16 Ebola epidemic that killed 4,000 people in the former British colony. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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