Hundreds dead, missing in Sierra Leone mudslides, flooding

Sugar Loaf Mountain - Freetown, Sierra Leone

By Phileas Jusu
Aug. 15, 2017 | FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (UMNS)

United Methodists — including entire families — are among the hundreds killed after torrential rains caused deadly mudslides and flooding near Freetown.

Capt. John Jimmy and his wife and four children, members of Price Memorial United Methodist Church, were buried under rubble in a mudslide, a relative told United Methodist News Service. Jimmy, a military officer, was the son of the late Rev. Edward Jimmy, a United Methodist worker and clergyman.

Sahr Kelly, a member of Charles Davies Memorial United Methodist Church, lost his son and daughter to the flooding on Monday, according to the Rev. Sahr E. K. Fallah, pastor-in-charge. He said the homes of two members had been flooded.

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