Sunday, March 4, 2012

SPANISH GOVERNMENT CRITICIZED OVER CAMPSITE.(MAIN)

Byline: Associated Press

BIESCAS, Spain -- Searchers retrieved corpses strewn for miles downstream of a Pyrenees Mountain campground Friday, as the government fended off questions about why it allowed the campsite to be built in a flood-prone ravine.

At least 70 vacationers were swept to their deaths when flash floods roared out of the mountains Wednesday night. Authorities say that about 20 of the approximately 650 campers are still missing.

``The grieving hasn't ended, so it's still early to look for explanations -- but that time will come,'' civil engineer Juan Luis Arranz said as he watched a crane lift mounds of campsite debris -- …

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