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A landslide has caused at least 33 deadand more than 20 injured this Friday in northwest Colombia, according to local authorities.
The road that connects the city of Medellín with Quibdóin the department of Chocó, has been temporarily closed after being damaged by several landslides, an official from the department’s governorate told AFP.
On the same road, near the municipality of Carmen de Atrato, “many people” got out of their vehicles to “take refuge in a house that “unfortunately” was buried by a landslide.
Jaime Herrera had assured local Caracol television that some people are “seriously injured”, while others remain trapped underground.
Images published on social networks and television channels show cars destroyed by mud and landslides.