At least 24 people including nine children were feared dead after a devastating landslide swept through a village in southern Kyrgyzstan early on Saturday, officials said.

Scores of emergency workers have been deployed to the site to excavate the village.

The landslide happened early on Saturday, when a torrent of mud buried several houses.

Local authorities said they had informed people in the area of the risk of a landslide - due to heavy rains - just a few days earlier, and had advised the…
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