'Several thousand still missing' after mudslides in Sierra Leone
Sky witnesses the full horror as relatives mourn the dead after thousands of homes are flattened by mudslides outside Freetown.
16:03, UK, Wednesday 16 August 2017
Huge boulders were among the hundreds of tons of earth that came down on Sugar Loaf Mountain
Image: Huge boulders were among the hundreds of tons of earth that came down on Sugar Loaf Mountain
By Philip Whiteside, News Reporter
Several thousand people are still missing in Sierra Leone after heavy rain caused mudslides, a charity has told Sky News.
Tearfund says it has been told that there are churches where dozens of members of the same congregation have died.
Sky's Rebecca Williams, in the capital Freetown, says she has been told that more than 500 bodies have now been brought to the city's morgue.
Storms swept through the capital of the West African country on Monday, leaving streets under water and causing whole hillsides to collapse in rural areas.
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