More bodies buried under the mud have been found in eastern Uganda and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the death toll from this week’s landslides to 20.

The death toll from a landslide triggered by heavy rain in eastern Uganda has climbed to 17, a government spokesperson said on Friday, with more than 100 others missing.

At least 113 people are missing, and at least 15 people are known to have died after a landslide in eastern Uganda, the police say. The landslides triggered by heavy rainfall affected multiple villages in the Bulambuli district, about 280 km (178 miles) from the capital Kampala.

At least 15 people have died and 113 others are missing after landslides buried homes in six villages in eastern Uganda

Fifteen people have died and at least 100 more are missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried dozens of homes across several villages in eastern Uganda, the prime minister's office and police said on Thursday.

Local police on Thursday updated the death toll to 15 and said 113 others were missing after landslides in six villages of the mountainous district of Bulambulion Wednesday.