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Mudslides and floods kill more than 300 people in Sierra Leone

Associated Press
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim from the site of a mudslide in Regent, east of Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Photo | AP)
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim from the site of a mudslide in Regent, east of Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Photo | AP)
Red Cross volunteers remove bodies from the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent, just outside of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. An official says the local mortuary is 'overwhelmed with corpses. (Photo | AP)
Crowd gather outside the Connaught Hospital waiting for loved ones outside a mortuary in Freetown. (Photo | AP)
Red Cross volunteers digging for survivors at the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides is seen in the picture. (Photo | AP)
Security forces remove a body from the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent, just outside of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. (Photo | AP)
Security forces search for bodies from the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent, just outside of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. (Photo | AP)
Volunteers wait at the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides. (Photo | AP)
Security forces remove a body from the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides, while relatives look on. (Photo | AP)
Volunteers search for bodies from the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent, just outside of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on August 15 2017. (Photo | AP)
A torrent of water flows through a flooded neighbourhood in Regent, east of Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Photo | AP)
Volunteers wait at the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent, just outside of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. (Photo | AP)
Heavy equipment is used as rescue workers search for survivors and victims following a mudslide in Regent, east of Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Photo | AP)
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