In the background, a hill has partially collapsed, revealing a large expanse of red dirt.
Goza region's top official, Dagmawi Aieli, told the BBC that both adults and children had died and that 10 people who were rescued were being treated in hospital.
Mr Dagmawi said heavy rains on Sunday triggered a landslide, and while police, teachers and nearby villagers continued desperate search and rescue operations on Monday, a second landslide struck, burying them too in the mud.
“We are still excavating,” he told the BBC.
Gopa Disaster Management Agency Director Marcos Melese said 229 bodies have been found so far.
Gofa is part of the state known as Southern Ethiopia, about 320 km (199 miles) southwest of the capital Addis Ababa.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), southern Ethiopia is one of the regions particularly hit by heavy rains and floods in recent months.
But cases of landslides and floods go back much further: In May 2016, at least 50 people were killed by floods and landslides following heavy rains in the southern part of the country.
Many factors contribute to the occurrence of floods, but a warmer atmosphere due to climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme rainfall events.
Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, global temperatures have already risen by about 1.2 degrees Celsius, and they will continue to rise unless governments around the world dramatically reduce emissions.
