Death toll in Uganda landslides rises to 20 as search for casualties presses on

Rescue workers and people search for bodies after a landslide following heavy rains that buried 40 homes in the mountainous district of Bulambuli, eastern Uganda (Jean Watala/AP)

More bodies buried under the mud were retrieved in eastern Uganda and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the death toll from this week’s landslides to 20, officials said as search efforts pressed on in the stricken area.

Heavy rains triggered the landslides which engulfed six villages in the mountainous district of Bulambuli, 280 kilometres (175 miles) east of Kampala, Uganda’s capital, on Wednesday night.