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.

A rescue operation is underway after at least 40 houses were swept away, the Ugandan Red Cross Society said on X.

The Ugandan police said that as well as the 15 bodies, another 15 injured people had been rescued and admitted to hospital.

Rivers have burst their banks, flooding schools and churches, destroying bridges, and isolating communities.

The military has been deployed to assist with search and recovery efforts.

On Wednesday, the defence forces said on X that two boats had been deployed during an operation to rescue a taxi stuck on a bridge near the town of Pakwach.

One of the boats capsized and an engineer died.

In parliament on Thursday, the speaker, Anitah Among, expressed her condolences to the relatives of those who have lost their lives in the flooding across the country.