Yaounde, Nov 9
The death toll from a rain-triggered landslide in Cameroon's West Region has risen to 11, local authorities said.
"We recovered seven corpses today (Friday) making a total of 11. Also, heavy (road) equipment has been removed from the debris. (Excavation) exercise continues," West Region Governor Augustine Fonka Awa told, adding that the bodies recovered were in an "advanced state of decomposition".
Four bodies were initially recovered on Tuesday after three passenger buses, road equipment, and several workers were buried in the landslide on a steep hill in La Falaise, near Dschang Town. Over 50 people are feared still trapped in the rubble, news agency reported.