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Come Rain or Shine...

Saturday 18 December 1999 00:02 GMT
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HUNDREDS OF people swept away by raging rivers and mudslides were still missing yesterday in Venezuela's capital Caracas and along its scenic Caribbean coastline in the country's worst natural disaster in 50 years.

At least 140 people were killed, most of them buried alive under mud on Wednesday and Thursday, but authorities believe the total death toll will be much higher.

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