Death toll feared at 7,000 - Officials discover more bodies buried by massive mudslides

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - At least 7,000 people may have died inCentral America in floods and mudslides unleashed by HurricaneMitch,officials in Nicaragua and Honduras said today.

Dimas Alonzo, chief of operations for Honduras' NationalEmergencyCommittee, estimated at least 5,000 people died in his country.

"We will never know how many people died," he said on localradio.Nicaraguan Vice President Enrique Bolanos said Sunday night thatbetween 1,000 and 1,500 people were buried in a 32-square mile areabelow the slopes of the Casita volcano in northern Nicaragua.That is in addition to least 600 people killed elsewhere inNicaragua, Bolanos said.Earlier today, the …