{"id":724,"date":"2020-12-14T18:10:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/uganda\/?p=724"},"modified":"2020-12-14T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:10:12","slug":"emergency-evacuations-underway-as-river-humya-bursts-its-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/emergency-evacuations-underway-as-river-humya-bursts-its-banks","title":{"rendered":"Emergency evacuations underway as River Humya bursts its banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>ENVIRONMENT<\/p>\n<p>BUNDIBUGYO- The Uganda Red Cross has dispatched a team to support emergency evacuations.<\/p>\n<p>This is after River Humya had an overflow due to a huge mass of mud that has blocked the waterway, causing a backflow and outburst into people&#8217;s homes. 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