Floods ‘may claim 1,000 lives’

POLICE are preparing for the death toll in southern Ethiopia floods to rise up to 1,000, a senior officer said yesterday.

Floods ‘may claim 1,000 lives’

Rivers in southern, northern and eastern Ethiopia burst their banks after 11 days of heavy rains, and more rain was expected.

The scale of the disaster is overwhelming impoverished Ethiopia’s rescue efforts, which have been bolstered by UN and other international agencies.

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