The Facts

• At least 229 people have died after two landslides, triggered by heavy rains, occurred in quick succession in southern Ethiopia.

• A landslide buried people in the Kencho Shacha Gozdi district of southern Ethiopia on Sunday evening, while a second trapped people who reached the area to rescue survivors on Monday morning.A landslide buried people in the Kencho Shacha Gozdi district of southern Ethiopia on Sunday evening, while a second trapped people as rescue operations were ongoing on Monday morning.

• Footage of the scene showed people digging up the mud using bare hands and shovels to retrieve the deceased.