Colombian rescuers search for children after river burst its banks
A photo taken by the disaster management agency shows the road which was engulfed by the mudslideAt least 10 people, among them several children, have been killed after a river burst its banks in Colombia, officials say.
Rising water levels caused mudslides which swept away homes in Quetame, a municipality south-east of the capital, Bogotá.A bridge linking Bogotá with the city of Villavicencio has been destroyed.The 12-year-old was swept away by a mudslide along with his mother, newspaper El Tiempo reports.The sudden surge in the level of the local river came after heavy rainfall.
Locals reported hearing a roaring sound as the landslide engulfed the main road linking the capital with the south-eastern provinces of Cundinamarca and Meta.Video uploaded to social media appears to show a house collapsing as the ground it stands on is being swept away by a fast-flowing river. This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.
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