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More than 300 people are feared dead after heavy rain caused a series of landslides in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda.

Minister for Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru has gone to the area to assess what help is needed.

Rescuers are digging through the mud with handheld tools, looking for survivors and bodies.

This footage shows some of the injured survivors being treated in a hospital in Bududa district, Uganda.