Hundreds feared dead in Sierra Leone mudslide

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Hundreds of people are likely to have been killed in a mudslide on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, the country's vice-president has said.

"It is likely that hundreds are lying dead underneath the rubble," Victor Foh told Reuters at the scene of the mudslide in the mountain town of Regent, adding that a number of buildings had been erected illegally in the area.

"We're trying to cordon [off] the area [and] evacuate the people."

An Agence France-Presse journalist saw bodies being carried away and houses submerged in mud in two areas of the city, where roads were turned into churning rivers of mud.

Images shared by local media showed people waist-deep trying to traverse streets of flowing water, while a section of a hill in the Regent area was reported to have collapsed.

In the capital in 2015 floods killed 10 people and left thousands homeless.

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