Reuters: Hopes of finding survivors in India from a landslide that swallowed up more than 100 people faded on Friday as rescuers dug through mud and debris following heavy rains, with the death toll rising to 52.
Finding people alive would be extremely unlikely, said Gautam Sarkar, a senior official involved in the rescue, as hundreds of rescuers toiled to sift debris after Wednesday's landslide submerged 46 homes and almost wiped out a village.
"The houses have been buried under layers of wet mud,......
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Rescuers in Indian landslide say hopes for survivors ‘bleak’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 1st, 2014
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