43 children dead in mudslides Mocoa

mocoa - By mudslides at least 43 children were killed in southwestern Colombia. A total of 210 people died, which is less than previously thought. That said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos during a visit to the disaster area.

In Mocoa, the capital of the southwestern province of Putumayo, entire neighborhoods destroyed by the mudslides. Seven bridges were damaged in the floods, two are completely washed away. Due to heavy rains occurred in the night from Friday to Saturday rivers burst their banks.

Santos said to a rapid reconstruction. ' Mocoa will be there soon better than ever before. '