Civil defence officials in Colombia say that a deadly landslide occurred at around 14:00 on 10 June in Chocó Department, between Quibdó and Medellín.
Colombia’s agency for disaster risk management (Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres – UNGRD) report that 8 people have died, 5 are missing and 4 injured. The President of Colmbia, Juan Manuel Santos, offered his condolences to the victims. Teams from the Red Cross and Defensa Civil Colombiana are carrying out searches in the area.
The landslide was triggered by heavy rain that has affected wide areas of Colombia over the last few days. Istmina, about 130 km south of Quibdó, recorded 170 mm of rain in 24 hours between 08 and 09 June.
Landslide
The vital communications route between Quibdó in Chocó department and Medellín in Antioquia has been blocked by the slide.