A mudslide killed more than 200 people on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital freetown on Monday sweeping away homes and leaving residents desperate for news of missing family members.

The Red Cross said at least 205 bodies had been taken to the central morgue in freetown. Police and military personnel were at the scene in the mountain town of regent searching for people trapped in the debris.

Witnesses said many people living at the foot of Mount Sugarloaf were asleep when the mountainside collapsed, burying dozens of houses, including two-storey buildings.

Redcross officials said the death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are recovered.

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