The number is expected to The death toll from landslides in Ethiopia, which reached 257 earlier this week, is expected to rise to 500, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said today, as quoted by Reuters.
On Tuesday, Ethiopia's National Disaster Management Authority reported at least 229 dead so far, BTA quoted.
On Sunday night, a landslide caused by heavy rains killed people in the Gofa administrative area of the southern Ethiopian state, and a second landslide buried Ethiopians who had come to help on Monday morning, according to Reuters.