Mud covers road after a storm caused a landslide in the village of Volcan, during the Stage 8 of the 2017 Dakar Rally between Uyuni and Salta, Argentina, on January 10. - AFP
Salta (Argentina) (AFP) - A massive mudslide in northwestern Argentina that killed two people and forced more than 1,000 to evacuate has led Dakar Rally organizers to scrap Wednesday's ninth stage.
The stage was to have run from Salta to Chilecito in Argentina's Jujuy province in the Andes, about 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level.
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