PHOTOS: Frantic Rescue Efforts Underway After 'River Of Mud' In Sierra Leone
Nearly 400 bodies have been recovered. The toll is likely to rise — the Red Cross says hundreds of people are still missing. A local morgue is struggling to cope with the sheer number of dead.
Updated at 2:27 p.m. ET
Rescue workers on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, are rushing to find survivors a day after heavy rains caused a mountainside to partially collapse Monday morning, engulfing homes and killing hundreds.
The morgue in Freetown has stated that nearly 400 bodies have been brought there, according to there are hundreds more people unaccounted for.
