Triggered by heavy rain kills 27 in Cameroon

Minister of territorial administration said at the site that the death toll had risen to 27 after heavy rains caused a section of a hillside covered in precariously built houses to collapse in Cameroon. Rescuers were still searching for victims after the landslide happened on Sunday.

Landslides are frequent during the rainy season in the city of nearly three million people, where shacks are often put up on its many hills. Torrential rainfall caused a dam containing a man-made lake situated on higher ground to burst, according to local official.