MORE than 1,000 people are feared dead after a catastrophic landslide reportedly destroyed a whole village.

Just one person survived the tragedy in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Sunday, according to the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM).

Days of torrential rain appear to have loosened the soil and caused the slopes of the Marrah Mountains to collapse.

Entire families of men, women and children were swallowed up in the village of Tarasin, which has been "completely levelled to the ground", the movement said.

The SLM's leader, Abdelwahid Mohamed Nour, issued a desperate plea to the world for help recovering bodies.

The group said: “Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand people.

"Only one person survived."

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