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Landslide buries homes outside Guinea’s capital, killing 11 and injuring 10

The National Agency for Emergency Management confirmed the collapse followed days of intense rainfall. The disaster underscores Guinea’s vulnerability to extreme weather, coming just a year after record floods devastated West Africa, killing over 1,000 people and displacing hundreds of thousands.

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00:00At least 11 people have been killed and 10 others injured after a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried homes in Mania, a rural commune, about 50 kilometers from Guinness capital, Conakry.
00:13Authorities won the death toll may rise as the rescue efforts continue.
00:18I'm with my people and we must combine a small effort with a collective effort, a small intelligence with a collective intelligence to succeed, to find people in life.
00:32Before coming here, I pray that we would save as many lives as possible.
00:40Rescue operations remain underway as families search for missing loved ones.
00:45Local volunteers rush in with heavy machinery and hand tools to assist.
00:56All the houses were home to about 20 families. All the houses had floors.
01:02So when we came, there was no access. We brought the shovels and sent a lot of things to save the people.
01:08The National Agency for Emergency Management confirmed the collapse followed days of intense rainfall.
01:17The disaster underscored Guinness vulnerability to extreme weather coming just a year after record floods devastated West Africa, killing over 1,000 people and displacing hundreds of thousands.
01:29And now, please?
01:29No, please.
01:29No, please.
01:30Welcome once.
01:40SPEAKER 4
01:46WARN
01:49Enter
01:52N sends
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