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From TS Julia - 22 dead, more than 50 missing in Venezuela landslide
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221009-22-dead-more-than-50-missing-in-venezuela-landslideA landslide in central Venezuela left at least 22 people dead and more than 50 missing after a river overflowed, officials said Sunday, in the latest deadly disaster caused by heavy rains to hit the country.
Dozens of people have died in recent months in the crisis-hit South American nation as a result of historically high precipitation.
"We are seeing very significant damage here, human losses: so far, we have already found 22 dead, there are more than 52 people missing," Vice President Delcy Rodriguez told local media at the scene in the town of Las Tejerias. "We are working to find
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Climate change is real - Julia was not even a hurricane when it went across coastal. Venezuela and it was moving fast but again it was a huge system