Isibalo sabashonile ngenxa yokubihlika kwenhlabathi e-Ethiopia ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto sesinyuke safinyelela ku-261 kanti kulindeleke ukuthi sicishe siphindeke kabili, kusho iHhovisi leNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Lokuxhumanisa Izindaba Zobuntu (UNOCHA) ngoLwesine.
Izimvula ezinamandla zidale ukubihlika komhlaba abantu abebengcwaba abantu endaweni yaseGofa, eningizimu ye-Ethiopia ngeSonto ebusuku kwathi eyesibili ngoMsombuluko yagubungula abebematasatasa.
“Inani lokufa kulindeleke ukuthi likhuphuke lifinyelele kubantu abangu-500 ngokusho kolwazi olutholwe yiziphathimandla zendawo,” kusho umbiko we-UNOCHA.
NgoLwesibili, iNational Disaster Risk Management Commission yase-Ethiopia ibeke isibalo sabashonile ku-229.
UDagmawi Ayele, umphathi weGofa Zone uthe kuze kube manje abatakuli sebekhiphe izidumbu ezingu-226, ebezingcwatshwe ngemuva komcimbi womngcwabo, kanti basathungatha ezinye ezingu-20.
“Kuyingozi kakhulu ukusondela endaweni,” usho kanje, wengeza ngokuthi imvula isaqhubeka ngoLwesine.