The Mexican town of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, in Oaxaca state, was hit by a landslide on Tuesday after a hillside collapsed.

Initial reports said hundreds of people were missing, but officials later said that no-one had been killed but that 11 people were missing.

Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec is a small, remote community in the central part of the state.

Rescue teams took 10 hours to reach the community on foot, after mud and rocks and a collapsed bridge blocked roads.

The hillside collapsed on to the sleeping villagers after weeks of heavy rain.