The death toll from a rain-triggered landslide in Cameroon’s West Region has risen to 11.
The West Region Governor, Augustine Fonka Awa, told journalists on Friday.
He said: “We recovered seven corpses today (Friday) making a total of 11.
“Also, heavy (road) equipment has been removed from the debris. (Excavation) exercise continues.”
He added that the bodies recovered were in an “advanced state of decomposition.”
Four bodies were initially recovered on Tuesday after three passenger buses, road equipment, and several workers were buried in the landslide on a steep hill in La Falaise, near Dschang Town.
More than 50 people are feared still trapped in the rubble.
“They have recovered the body of my mother.
“We are still waiting for that of my grandmother and brother who are still in the rubble,” Emmeline Wakam, who has been waiting for news of her relatives for five days, stated.
Recent torrential rains have battered parts of the Central African country, causing extensive flooding and landslides.
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