At least 4 dead and dozens are missing in Cameroon after landslide

At slightest 4 group died and complete 50 are missing successful nan westbound of Cameroon, aft 3 rider buses and respective roadworthy workers were caught successful a landslide, authorities said Wednesday

YAOUNDE, Cameroon -- At slightest 4 group died and complete 50 are missing successful nan westbound of Cameroon aft 3 rider buses and respective roadworthy workers were caught successful a landslide, authorities said Wednesday.

Torrential rains weakened nan ungraded and lead do nan landslide connected Tuesday, Cameroon’s Minister of Public Work Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi said aft visiting nan tract of nan disaster, a agelong of a road linking Dschang successful nan West Region of Cameroon and nan country’s economical superior of Douala.

Only 4 bodies person been retrieved from nan rubbles, while dozens of others are still buried successful nan debris, he added.

“I’ve asked that rescued victims beryllium taken to nan mortuary, while survivors should beryllium afloat taken attraction of successful bid that they’re quickly relieved of their pains,” Djoumessi said.

The disaster comes arsenic West Africa has knowledgeable immoderate of nan heaviest flooding successful decades this year, sidesplitting much than 1,000 group and displacing hundreds of thousands crossed nan region.

“The world collapses person go communal successful Cameroon and nan world successful caller months and roads successful these regions person go dilapidated,” said nan politician of nan West Region, Augustin Awa Fonka.

The Minister of Public Work blamed nan torrential rainfall that caused nan landslide connected ambiance change.

While Africa is responsible for a mini fraction of world greenhouse state emissions, it is among nan regions astir susceptible to extreme upwind events, nan World Meteorological Organization said earlier this year.