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Landslide blocks Panamericana highway

by Ben Hockman March 21, 2011

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A landslide, which occured Sunday afternoon, has blocked the Panamericana highway in Manizales in Colombia’s Antioquia department, Caracol reported Monday.

The section of road near the bus terminal in Caldas, on the road to Villamaria, was closed to allow a cleanup operation to take place. Firefighter Robinson Aguirre told Caracol that work had been suspended due to rain and continued aftershocks which threatened the safety of the workers.

Two pedestrians and a taxi are supposed to be trapped underneath some 88,000 cubic feet of rubble, according to witnesses at the scene.

Landslides caused damage and resulted in significant casualties during 2010’s rainy season in the Antioquia department.

 

 

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