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Following the recent mudslides in Bududa district, disaster prone districts in the Rwenzori region are engaged in early warning activities to avert effects of possible floods and landslides.

Several bridges, roads and buildings were destroyed by the floods. Some of the destroyed infrastructure is under repair

Two camps for the victims have been set up at Kasese Primary School in Kasese municipality and Kyanjuki in Kilembe. Life in both camps is appalling but the flood survivors have nowhere else to go.

The Meteorology Department has warned of another week of heavy rains as government warns people living landslide-prone areas to relocate.

The water destroyed most of the infrastructure including the wards, nurse’s residences and equipment.

Kilembe Hospital has been closed following yesterday\'s floods. The patients have been transferred to Bwera Hosipital, Kagando and Kasese Municipal Council Health Centre III. Red Cross can confirm that 432 homes have been affected by the flood.