Mudslide in Mexico

A man sits on a damaged vehicle in the aftermath of a landslide Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Wednesday. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed deaths, authorities said Tuesday night, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico’s rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca.

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A man sits on a damaged vehicle in the aftermath of a landslide Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Wednesday. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed deaths, authorities said Tuesday night, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico’s rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca.

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