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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>At least two people have been confirmed dead while one is still missing after fresh floods and mudslides hit parts of Bundibugyo District on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Downpour that started at around 6pm lasted over 12 hours and left many people\u2019s houses and properties worth millions of shillings destroyed.<\/p>\n

By midday Saturday, locals had retrieved two bodies including one of a 4 year-old girl, Pritha Masika.<\/p>\n

Masika died at around 10pm when floods swept the house of his father Mr Yusufu Mutende in Kubango Village, Mabere Sub County as the family was having supper.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen floods hit our house, we all started running and my child who was sleeping was left in the house. She was swept away then we started looking for her until morning when we found her covered by mud,\u201d he told Monitor on September 3.<\/p>\n

Residents also recovered the body of 30-year-old Bwambale Munyabasi from River Mbule in Ntandi Town Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was trying to cross the river on his way home in the night. Munyabasi is a resident of Kubango Village, Mabere Sub County,\u201d members of a local rescue mission said.<\/p>\n

Village chairman Mr Mushenene Zakel said his brother Mate Mushenene was also still missing by Saturday afternoon after he was swept away by floods as he tried to cross Nyakihghoma River in the night. Mushenene is resident in Nyakighoma trading center.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the traders in the area slept at their relatives\u2019 places because all access roads and bridges were swept away, cutting off the other sub counties of Ngamba, Mabere and Ntandi Town Council.<\/p>\n

Overnight Friday, rivers Mbule and Nyabughesera that come from Mount Rwenzori ranges also burst their banks.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople\u2019s properties have been destroyed because there is too much flooding coming from the mountain and we are telling people to take safety measures,\u201d Ntandi Town Council chairman Mr Timothy Asaba Galibulha told this reporter.<\/p>\n

In 2017, about 17 people died in Bundibugyo District after the area was hit by deadly floods and mudslides.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur area is prone to all categories of disaster. We are at higher risk and that\u2019s why we need a mindset in areas of disaster policy and disaster risk reduction intervention,\u201d said Bughendera County MP, Moses Kiiza Acrobat.<\/p>\n

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