At least 13 people have been killed in flooding after heavy rain in Merida state in western Venezuela. "We can speak of eleven dead as a result of torrential rain in the city of Tovar and of two children who died in the municipality of Pinto Salina in Santa Cruz de Mora," state Governor Ramon Guevara said, according to the dpa. Heavy rains, landslides and floods are common in the Andean region in western and south-western Venezuela.
