Local authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's east claim that a landslide on Sunday morning killed at least 19 people.

The death toll is sure to increase, according to a representative from the town of Bulwa in the North Kivu region.

He claimed that after the ground gave way beneath a gathering of women and children doing laundry in a mountain stream, several of them were buried.

On Monday, the hunt for further victims will begin again.

Heavy rains have been battering the area for months, causing flooding and mudslides.

Source: The Independent Ghana