Health fears follow deadly mudslides

Rose Nakhayetse is lucky to be alive, but her ordeal is far from over. Having narrowly escaped last week's deadly landslides in eastern Uganda, she and thousands of others are facing fresh dangers.

12 Mar 2010

The 24-year-old and her nine-month-old baby were saved from a muddy avalanche by the wall of her house. “I heard cracks and sounds of explosion but when it persisted, I went outside, only to discover that the earth was moving towards us,” she told IRIN.

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