Cameroon on Monday deployed rescue workers and its military to search the wreckage of houses hit by a landslide that killed at least 13 people overnight in the western village of Bamoungoum, near the regional capital Bafoussam.
The landslide hit after torrential downpours flooded the area.
Twenty houses were destroyed and 9 bodies have been taken to the regional hospital, said the governor of Cameroon's west region, Awa Fonka Augustine. Four more bodies will follow, he said.
"We also have at least a dozen people with severe wounds," said Augustine.
"The death toll may be higher because the incident occurred in the night and you know that there are many children in this neighbourhood who were sleeping at the time."
"I have not seen her."
"President Paul Biya asked me to give urgent financial assistance to those who have lost all of their belongings and are hungry without food and water. We shall examine their needs and see what to do as early as possible."
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