Dozens of children are among those killed in devastating mudslides in south-west Colombia, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. The total death toll has surpassed 200, with hundreds also injured. Heavy rain flooded the town of Mocoa in the country’s south-west, with mud and rocks burying whole neighbourhoods and forcing residents to flee their homes. … Read more
Dozens of children are among those killed in devastating mudslides in south-west Colombia, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. The total death toll has surpassed 200, with hundreds also injured. Heavy rain flooded the town of Mocoa in the country’s south-west, with mud and rocks burying whole neighbourhoods and forcing residents to flee their homes. … Read more
Colombia’s security forces say they are searching for hundreds of missing people after heavy mudslides left at least 254 dead. About 1,100 soldiers and police are involved in the rescue effort. Heavy rain flooded the city of Mocoa in the country’s south-west with mud and rocks, burying whole neighbourhoods and forcing residents to flee their … Read more