BBC News - Venezuela searches for landslide survivors as more rains fall
Parts of the town of Tovar were buried in mud after the local river burst its banks
Rescue workers are searching for more than a dozen people who are missing after landslides tore through towns in Venezuela's western Mérida state. With 10 more days of rain forecast, rescuers are racing to reach those feared buried before new mudslides are triggered. Twenty people are confirmed to have died and emergency workers have still to reach some of the worst-hit areas.Many homes have become uninhabitable
While 11 states were affected by the heavy rains, most of the fatalities occurred in Mérida in the Andes, where streets in mountain villages were converted into raging torrents.It is not the first time the Mocotíes valley has been hit by deadly mudslides. In 2005, more than 40 people died and dozens went missing in the area when several rivers overflowed.Homes in the Bolivian city of La Paz were destroyed, but no casualties were reported.
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