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Ethiopia landslide kills 14 at monastery ritual, search continues for missing
Search teams are still looking for missing worshippers after the landslide struck during a holy-water ritual and left seven injured, officials said.
- On Monday, a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall struck the Tsadqane Debre Mitmaq St. Mary Monastery in Ethiopia's Amhara region, killing 14 worshippers gathered at 7 a.m. for a holy water cleansing ritual.
- Heavy rainfall during the Kiremt season, running from June to September, caused massive rocks to break loose; poor infrastructure in rural areas has left many communities vulnerable to such landslides.
- Seven injured survivors were transported 43 miles to Debre Birhan for medical care, while 11 victims have already been buried at the monastery and rescue teams continue searching for those trapped beneath debris.
- Megabe Hadis Neka Tibeb Ababu, the diocese's general manager, said "many of those who died had gathered to receive the holy water," while an unknown number of people remain trapped beneath the debris.
- Ethiopia has faced increasing extreme weather events linked to climate change; earlier this year, more than 100 people died in a similar mudslide in Gamo, while a July 2024 mudslide killed at least 257 people.
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Landslide kills 14 in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, state media says
NAIROBI, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Fourteen people were killed in a landslide near a monastery in Ethiopia's Amhara region, the state-run Amhara Media Corporation said late on Monday. • The landslide occurred near the Tsadkane Mariam Monastery in Amhara'...
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