Hundreds missing in Sierra Leone mudslides likely dead
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Survivors picking through the debris of Sierra Leone’s deadly mudslides were facing the reality Saturday that most, if not all, of the hundreds of people missing are dead, as relief and aid efforts intensified.
The death toll is already above 450 from the flooding and mudslides in the capital, Freetown, early Monday.
The number of missing could go higher than 600, according to Sierra Leone’s deputy minister of information and communications, Cornelius Deveaux.
Satellite images and census figures are being used to calculate a more accurate human toll.