The United Nations said Tuesday that it was evaluating humanitarian needs in country.
Mudslides and torrential flooding has killed many people in and around Sierra Leone's capital early Monday following heavy rains, with many victims thought to be trapped in homes buried under tons of mud.- Crowds gather outside the Connaught Hospital waiting for loved ones outside a mortuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
- Volunteers search for bodies from the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent, just outside of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.
- Security forces search for bodies from the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent, just outside of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.
- Survivors of deadly mudslides in Sierra Leone's capital are vividly describing the disaster as President Ernest Bai Koroma says the nation is in a \"state of grief.\"
- Sierra Leone began a weeklong period of national mourning on Wednesday as it emerged that 105 children were killed by the mudslides
- Officials at Freetown's central morgue said Wednesday that 105 of the more than 300 officially dead were children, and burials began on Tuesday
- Rescue workers carry the body of a victim from the site of a mudslide in Regent, east of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday.
Mudslides and torrential flooding has killed many people in and around Sierra Leone\'s capital early Monday following heavy rains, with many victims thought to be trapped in homes buried under tons of mud.
The United Nations said Tuesday that it was evaluating humanitarian needs in country.
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