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Sudan rescuers pull 370 bodies from Darfur landslide

A displaced child stands at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) near Kadugli, the capital of Sudan's South Kordofan state, during a United Nations humanitarian visit on May 13, 2018.[FILE/Standard]

Rescuers have recovered 370 bodies from a landslide that wiped out a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region, a local civilian leader said on Thursday.

The disaster struck the village of Tarasin, located high in the Jebel Marra range, on Sunday following one of the worst downpours of Sudan's rainy season, which peaks in August.

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