75 miners believed dead after heavy rains

A government official says 75 miners are missing and believed to have perished in mines following heavy rains in north-eastern Tanzania.

Manyara Regional Commissioner Henry Shekifu says mine owners reported the 75 men went missing on Friday as heavy rains pounded their mines in Mererani, 40km (25 miles) south-east of Arusha.

Shekifu says the government is trying to get equipment to the mines to drain the water in hopes of retrieving the men.