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Landslide leaves 6 dead and 10 missing in Colombia

2021-11-02T18:45:30.376Z


A landslide in Mallama, Nariño, left several dead and missing in a municipality in southwestern Colombia.


(CNN Spanish) -

Due to the rainy season, a landslide covered two houses in Mallama, a municipality located in the department of Nariño, in southwestern Colombia.

The phenomenon occurred in the early hours of this Tuesday and so far there have been 6 dead, 11 injured and 10 missing, according to Mayor Óscar Bastidas in statements to Caracol.

Authorities from the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) installed a unified command post to monitor and evaluate actions.

At this meeting, the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) of Colombia presented a forecast for the next few days, in which, in a generalized way, precipitation with enough cloudiness is expected in much of the country, they reported in a series of tweets.

Relief agencies, firefighters and Civil Defense work in the place, informed the governor of Nariño, Jhon Rojas.

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Source: cnnespanol

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