At least 36 dead and 56 missing in a landslide
President Nicolas Maduro declared three days of national mourning.
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The city now presents a horrific side, with homes and businesses riven and mud swept into the streets. At least 36 people have died and 56 people are missing after a landslide in the industrial city of Las Tijerias in northern Venezuela, according to the latest report from the US State Department. Minister of the Interior, Monday 10 October.
President Nicolas Maduro declared three days of national mourning “Solidarity with Families”promising the population that “You’re not alone”. Thousands of people participated in the rescue operations, according to the Minister of the Interior, who went there.
The tragedy came after three hours of heavy rain on Saturday afternoon. Several rivers swept their banks and swept land, rocks and trees from the foothills of the mountains that border the city of about 50,000 people.
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