Killed by landslide Colombia

Killed by landslide Colombia

World April 1, 2017 15:00

bogota - Certainly fourteen people have been killed in a landslide in southern Colombia. At least sixty people were injured, reported the authorities. It is still unclear how many people are missing.

Due to heavy rains occurred in the night from Friday to Saturday several rivers burst their banks. Then flooded mud and sediment over houses and roads in the city of Mocoa, said Mayor Jose Antonio Castro at a local radio station.

The damage caused by the landslide is enormous. According to the mayor houses are in seventeen districts 'actually erased. 'Also destroyed two bridges. The government has already announced that President Juan Manuel Santos will travel to the area.

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