Video... A mudslide submerges cars on a road in Colombia

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/01/14

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - Rescue teams continued their efforts on Saturday to search for survivors after a mudslide, caused by heavy rains, caused the death of at least 34 people and injured many others in the northwestern region of Colombia on a busy highway.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The authorities reported in a statement that the mudslide occurred in the afternoon on Friday, covering the road linking the cities of Quibdo and Medellin in the Chocó province located on the Pacific coast.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Colombia... Rescue efforts after a mudslide causes a tragedy on the highway</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The northwestern region of Colombia witnessed a major tragedy after a mudslide, resulting from heavy rains, resulted in the death of at least 34 people and the injury of many others. The authorities announced that rescue teams, aided by trained dogs from various regions of the country, were sent to the site of the accident to search for survivors. Especially after the mud completely covered the road, causing several cars to drift.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In a statement issued by Nubia Cordoba Kuri, Governor of Chocó Province, she said:</p><blockquote style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> “We lived through a very sad weekend, as the people of the region feel the pain of the victims.”</p></blockquote><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Pictures and videos published on social media showed the moment a large part of the mountain collapsed and fell devastatingly on top of many cars that were driving on the road below. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Heavy rainfall in Quibdo, Choco Department, caused a fatal landslide on the Medellin-Quibdo Road the evening of Jan. 12, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 30 others. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/geology?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#g... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/science?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#s... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/colombia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/landslide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#rain... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/earth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ear... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nature?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#na... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/planet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#pl... <a href="https://t.co/HTfXrAzqT4">pic.twitter.com/HTfXrAzqT4</a></p> — Geology Scienceᅠᅠᅠ (@GeologyyScience) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeologyyScience/status/1746214968779743732?ref_src=t... 13, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Read also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%... | Floods inundate hundreds of homes in Britain after Storm Henk</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B3... a temporary dam... Helicopters drop tons of rocks into a river in the Netherlands</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.skynewsarabia.com/varieties/1685005-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A... style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://menafn.com/arabic/1107718416/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%...

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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