Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 14-08-2017
More than 200 people have been killed after heavy rains and flooding in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that relatives dug through the mud in search of their loved ones and a morgue overflowed with bodies Monday.
Sinneh Kamara, a coroner technician at the Connaught Hospital mortuary, told the Sierra Leone National Broadcasting Corp. bodies were spread out on the floor of a morgue.
“The capacity at the mortuary is too small for the corpses.”
Sierra Leone’s national television broadcaster interrupted its regular programming to show scenes of people trying to retrieve their loved ones’ bodies.
Others were seen carting relatives’ remains in rice sacks to the morgue.
Officials say military personnel have been deployed to help in the rescue operation currently ongoing.
Many of the impoverished areas of Sierra Leone’s capital are close to sea level and have poor drainage systems, exacerbating flooding during the West African country’s rainy season.
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