Landslide causes death and destruction in Venezuelan town

Streets are flooded after heavy rains caused a river to overflow in Las Tejerias (Matias Delacroix/AP)

A landslide fuelled by flooding and days of torrential rain swept through a town in central Venezuela, leaving at least 22 people dead as it dragged mud, rocks and trees through neighbourhoods.

Residents of Las Tejerias in Santos Michelena, an agro-industrial town in Aragua state 54 miles south west of Caracas, had just seconds to reach safety as debris swept down a mountainside on to them.