A landslide fuelled by flooding and days of torrential rain has swept through a town in central Venezuela, leaving at least 22 people dead.
\nAccording to international media reports, residents of Las Tejer\u00edas in the municipality of Santos Michelena had just seconds to reach safety late on Saturday as mud, rocks and trees tore through the streets and their homes. The agro-industrial town is situated in Aragua state, 87km (54 miles) southwest of the capital Caracas.
\nThe official death toll rose to 22 after the recovery of 20 bodies on Sunday, Vice President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez told state-owned Venezolana de Televisi\u00f3n.
\n\u201cThere was a large landslide in the central area of Las Tejer\u00edas\u201d where five streams overflowed, she said from the scene of the disaster. \u201cWe have already found 22 dead people; there are more than 52 missing.\u201d
\n\u201cThere are still people walled in,\u201d Rodr\u00edguez said. \u201cWe are trying to rescue them, to rescue them alive.\u201d She said shelters would be set up for people who had lost their homes.
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