Frequent damage in the Pacific coastal region… In Colombia, South America, landslides caused by heavy rain continue to cause large-scale casualties.
According to local newspapers such as El Tiempo and El Colombiano, on the 14th (local time), a landslide occurred on the road connecting Kibdo, capital of the northwestern state of Choco, to Medellín, in the state of Antioquia, on the 12th, killing at least Sono 33 people died, including children.
Colombian vice president Francia Márquez wrote it on social media
The area where the disaster occurred is the Carmen del Atrato area, near the Pacific Ocean.
Local media reported that heavy rain fell here for nearly 24 hours before and after the landslide.
A video of the incident shared on social media showed silt falling like a tsunami in the blink of an eye next to cars stopped on the road in heavy rain.
Firefighters, military personnel and local residents, along with rescue dogs, are working hard to search for people buried in the mud and rubble.
In Colombia, heavy losses due to landslides are repeatedly recorded during heavy rains, even during the rainy season.
Between the night of July 17 and the early morning of July 18 last year, around 20 people were killed in Quetame, in the Cundinamarca region, south-east of the capital Bogotá, when mounds of earth collapsed due to heavy rain and they hit the village.
In 2022, nearly 300 people died in disasters caused by heavy rain, the worst in 40 years, El Tiempo reported.
In particular, in December, in Pueblo Rico, in the western province of Risaralda, mud poured onto the road due to the weakening of the ground, and a bus passing by at the time was buried.
Due to this, 27 people lost their lives.
In 1996, eight people were killed and 15 injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rain on the Medellín-Quivedo highway, not far from the site of this year’s accident.
Local media point out that central and state governments continue to expose their vulnerabilities in responding to landslides.
It is underlined that priority should be given to efforts to strengthen disaster prevention, such as repairing inadequate infrastructure.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered that “the recovery work proceeds by mobilizing all available resources and manpower,” El Tiempo reported.
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2024-01-14 16:23:55
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