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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Torrential rains spilled a river from its banks in southern Ethiopia, killing at least 125 people as it submerged five villages, knocked down grain silos and swept away cattle, a police official said Monday.
The disaster came a week after 256 people drowned when heavy rains caused flooding in an eastern town. Eight days of rain have made more than 15,000 homeless in this Horn of Africa nation, and U.N. agencies say several hundred people were still missing.
Zeleke Menebo, deputy police commissioner for southern Ethiopia, said Monday that the latest deaths occurred Sunday and quoted local as saying the toll could rise.
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