300 person killed in Sierra Leone mudslides

At least 109 children were among more than 300 people were killed in the deadly floods and mudslides that swept through Sierra Leone earlier in the week. A UN agency said, the number could grow as search and rescue operations are going on and over 600 people remain missing after heavy rain lashed the Sierra Leonean capital Freetown on



Monday. 

United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, said that the magnitude of the damage is unprecedented and many children have been left homeless, terrified and vulnerable. Families have crowded at the local morgue to identify the victims. Those who cannot be identified will be buried in mass graves.