KAMPALA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has warned that the country is likely to experience landslides and floods as the rain season starts in the last three months of this year.
Mary Kitutu, minister of state for environment told reporters on Wednesday that floods and landslides are expected in southern, northern, western and eastern regions of the country.
"We ask Ugandans to be ready and avoid loss of lives. Cases of flooding and landslides may be experienced in the mountain areas such as Buduada, Bulambuli, Bundibudyo, Kasese, Kabale, Rubanda and Kisoro districts," the minister said.
In an earlier communication by the Office of the Prime Minister, people living in mountainous areas were told to be cautious.
The most fatal landslides in Uganda occurred in March 2010 in the eastern district of Bududa where more than 200 people were killed while thousands were left homeless.
