A landslide caused by heavy rains since December 2 in Katesh town in northern Tanzania, about 300km north of the capital Dodoma, has killed at least 20 people and injured 70 others.
At least 20 people were killed and 70 others injured in landslides caused by heavy rains in northern Tanzania, according to local authorities on December 3.
Hanang District Commissioner Janeth Mayanja said the landslide occurred due to heavy rains since December 2 in Katesh town in northern Tanzania, about 300km north of the capital Dodoma.
The official said the initial figures were likely to rise as search and rescue operations continued.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is attending COP28 in Dubai, sent condolences to the people and ordered the deployment of relief supplies to help the victims.
After suffering its worst drought in 40 years, East Africa is experiencing weeks of torrential rains and flooding due to the El Niño climate phenomenon, displacing more than a million people in Somalia and killing more than 300 people in the region.
El Niño, which is often accompanied by high temperatures, drought in some parts of the world and heavy rains in others, is expected to last until April 2024.
This extreme weather event devastated eastern Africa from October 1997 to January 1998, with flooding caused by heavy rains killing more than 6,000 people in five countries in the region.