15 people have died and about 100 others are missing after landslides caused by heavy rains buried many houses in several villages in eastern Uganda, the prime minister's office and police said Thursday.
Landslides occurred on Wednesday in Bulambuli district, about 300 kilometers (190 miles) east of the capital Kampala.
About 40 households were completely buried, the Uganda Red Cross Association said in a statement, while others were partially destroyed.
"We have 15 people dead and the fear is that there are many more bodies still buried," said Charles Odongtho, a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office (OPM) which works to deal with disasters abroad.
He added that more than 100 people have not yet been found in eight villages where investigations are ongoing to find all the missing people.
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