At least 113 people are missing, and at least 15 people are known to have died after a landslide in eastern Uganda, the police say. The landslides triggered by heavy rainfall affected multiple villages in the Bulambuli district, about 280 km (178 miles) from the capital Kampala.

At least 15 people were killed after heavy rains in the mountainous district of Bulambuli, where landslides are common. More than 100 people are missing. The Ugandan Red Cross said as many as 40 homes had been destroyed.

Dozens of homes in six villages of Bulambuli district in eastern Uganda submerged in landsides triggered by heavy rains.

KAMPALA (Reuters) -Fifteen people have died and at least 100 more are missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried dozens of homes across several villages in eastern Uganda, the prime minister's office and police said on Thursday.

At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in eastern Uganda, but officials fear that the true number of dead is much higher as at least 40 houses were swept away. The landslides triggered by heavy rainfall affected multiple villages in the Bulambuli district, about 280 km (178 miles) from the capital Kampala.

At least 15 people have died and 113 others are missing after landslides buried homes in six villages in eastern Uganda, police said Thursday.