He said 53 families in Wolaita district had been evacuated from areas prone to landslides.

Yesterday (Monday), the regional disaster risk management office announced that 53 households were evacuated following landslides in Kaukoisha, Tipa Kebele, Kaukoisha and Wolaita districts, where 11 people died.

The families of the victims and residents who remembered the ground cracking three days before the accident said they had evacuated from the village to take shelter in the school.