Posted on 02/19/2018 10:39:16 AM PST by sodpoodle
At least 17 people have been killed in Mozambique's capital, Maputo, after a huge mound of rubbish collapsed on their homes, officials say. Many more residents were injured when the pile of waste, some 15m (49ft) high, gave way in heavy rains at 03:00 local time (01:00 GMT) on Monday. Rescue workers are continuing to search for people still trapped. The city of Maputo has experienced heavy rainfall since Sunday, which has damaged homes and flooded roads.
Several properties were crushed in the incident in the Hulene district of Maputo, one of the poorest parts of the capital, while people were sleeping inside. A spokesman for the emergency services, Leonilde Pelembe, warned that more victims could be trapped under the waste. "The information we received from local authorities is that the number of people living in those houses exceeds the number of deaths recorded," Mr Pelembe said. The authorities said they had previously asked residents in the area to leave because their homes were constructed illegally, Reuters news agency reports.
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I hate it when that happens.
Mozambique is a trash-hole.
Idiocracy comes to life.
Rubbish control laws?
Ha ha, beat me to it. Excellent.
Trash control now!!!!
How many more people need to be crushed before we take action!
Why come?
Is this what our President means when he describes some parts of the world as Sh*tHoles?
This should come as no shock since most people in the world struggle to get by and live in the relative worst of circumstances as they live in uncivil repressive systems of corruption and exploitation. A s***hole would be advance for them.
I remember that scene. Life imitates art.
A sh*thole would be an improvement, this was a sh*thill. Holes can’t collapse on top of you.
The Great Garbage Avalanche of 2505
Go away. Batin’.
Maybe we need the “un” to go there.
Yes Brit for trash is ‘rubbish’. As you may have noted, the article was by the BBC.
Joe can fix it!
If this happened in the USA the left would be demanding we make trash illegal.
Note to self: don’t build a house within 49 feet of a mountain of trash.
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