Hundreds Feared Dead In Landslide In Oaxaca

Los Angeles Times - Top News, Los Angeles Times
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 7:32am

The weather and location of the landslide could delay rescue efforts.A landslide swept a village in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca while residents slept and engulfed at least 100 homes, trapping and possibly killing at least 400 people, state authorities said (link in Spanish).

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