Death toll from Myanmar landslide reaches 32

Ye Aung THU / AFP

The death toll from a devastating landslide in a village in Myanmar has risen to 32.

It comes after rescue workers pulled out seven more bodies from the rubble on Saturday.

They say dozens more are still missing.

Heavy rain on Friday caused the landslide in Myanmar's Thaphyu Kone village, in the southern Mon state.

Mud came crashing into a collection of houses, burying residents.

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