Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Heavy rains hamper search in Nigeria plane crash

Rescue workers search at the site of a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday. PHOTO/Sunday Alamba/AP

A torrential downpour and strong winds prevented emergency crews from returning Tuesday morning to a devastated neighborhood where a commercial airliner crashed, killing all 153 people aboard the plane and an undetermined number of people on the ground.

The storm began Tuesday morning before dawn, flooding roads and bringing down power lines and trees in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city.

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