Venezuela crews search for missing as landslide death toll rises


Baku, October 11, AZERTAC
Emergency crews are searching for dozens of missing people after a landslide fuelled by flooding and days of torrential rain swept through a town in central Venezuela, killing at least 36 people, local officials said, according to Aljazeera.
Residents of Las Tejerias in the municipality of Santos Michelena, about 87km (54 miles) southwest of the capital Caracas, had just seconds to reach safety late on Saturday as mud, rocks and trees tore through the streets and their homes.
At least 36 people have been killed by the floods, up from an earlier death toll of 25, Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos told reporters on Monday, while another 56 people remained missing.
Residents used picks, shovels and any tools they could find to dig through a thick bank of mud deposited on the town Saturday.
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