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Mass Burials Begin in Sierra Leone
Mass burials begin for 400 confirmed dead in flooding and mudslides
Mass burials have begun for the four hundred who have been confirmed dead after a huge mudslide and flooding destroyed areas near Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. However, another six-hundred people are still thought to be missing.
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