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144149
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 22:03
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LANDSLIDE BURIES 300 DOZENS OF HOUSES IN SOUTH MEXICO
Baku, September 28 (AzerTAc). Some 300 houses have been buried by a landslide in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, local officials have said.
Heavy rain overnight had saturated the soil on a mountainside above the town of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, causing it to slip at about 0400 (0900 GMT).
It is not clear how many people have been affected, but officials fear that hundreds could have been buried.
Rescue teams have reportedly been delayed because of the bad weather, which has cut off several roads.
Tropical storms in the western Caribbean have caused high rainfall in the mountainous region during the past week.
Heavy rain overnight had saturated the soil on a mountainside above the town of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, causing it to slip at about 0400 (0900 GMT).
It is not clear how many people have been affected, but officials fear that hundreds could have been buried.
Rescue teams have reportedly been delayed because of the bad weather, which has cut off several roads.
Tropical storms in the western Caribbean have caused high rainfall in the mountainous region during the past week.
