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Landslide buries around 30 people in Antioquia

by Newswires September 28, 2010
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Colombia news - Giraldo, Antioquia

A landslide buried about 30 people on a highway in the north western Colombian department of Antioquia, authorities said, adding it was unlikely there would be survivors found.

“It has been confirmed that about 30 people have been buried in the rubble from this landslide, which is quite large,” John Rendon, Antioquia’s disaster prevention chief, told AFP.

A torrent of 100,000 cubic meters (3.5 million cubic feet) of earth swept onto a highway in the town of Giraldo, which leads to the city of Medellin on Monday, Rendon said.

“In light of the amount of earth that fell on them, we think there is no probability that they are alive.”

The landslide appeared to have struck as passengers on a bus that had broken down were transferring to another vehicle.

Search and rescue operations were suspended at 8:00 pm (0100 GMT Tuesday), a little more than four hours after the disaster, amid fears that more loosened earth could come tumbling down.

The landslide comes in the midst of a deadly rainy season for much of Central and Latin America, including Colombia, where 74 people have been killed in incidents related to heavy rains since the beginning of the year.

The government has called on local authorities to take precautionary measures where possible to limit the casualties amid floods and landslides. (AFP)

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