Landslide kills at least 14 at funeral in Cameroon

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon - A landslide in Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé, killed at least 14 people attending a funeral on Sunday, the region's governor said.

Rescuers were still on the lookout for others who may have been swept away by the disaster, Naseri Paul Bea, governor of Cameroon's Center region, told reporters on the news. places.

Dozens of people were attending a funeral on a football field at the foot of a 60-foot high embankment when it collapsed on top of them , witnesses said.

Yaoundé, a city of about 2.8 million people, is one of the wettest cities in Africa and is made up of dozens of steep hills lined with huts. Heavy rains have triggered several devastating floods across the country this year, weakening infrastructure and displacing thousands of people.

Last month, neighboring Nigeria experienced its worst flooding in a decade, with hundreds of people killed and 200,000 homes at least partially destroyed.

Scientists found this month that heavy rains that have led to disaster in Nigeria and neighboring countries in October lasted about 80 times more likely by human-caused climate change.