Police, firefighters and rescue staff recuperate the physique of a girl who died following a landslide brought on by heavy rains, that killed and injured residents and destroyed houses, in Pereira, Colombia.
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BOGOTA, Feb 8 – At the very least 14 individuals have been killed and 35 injured after a landslide coated a number of houses in central Colombia on Tuesday, the nation’s catastrophe administration company mentioned.
The incident in Dosquebradas, near the town of Pereira, adopted heavy rains within the surrounding coffee-growing province.
“Our up to date report signifies that 35 individuals have been injured, 14 misplaced their lives and one stays lacking,” the UNGRD catastrophe company mentioned on Twitter of the early morning landslide within the La Esneda neighborhood. Rescue efforts have been ongoing, it added.
Authorities evacuated dozens of close by houses because the Otun river overflowed.
Landslides are widespread in Colombia as a result of mountainous terrain, frequent heavy rains and poor or casual development of homes.
The nation’s most up-to-date massive landslide catastrophe was within the metropolis of Mocoa in 2017, when over 320 individuals have been killed.
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