Flooding and mudslides in the Colombian city of Mocoa sent torrents of water and debris crashing onto houses overnight, killing 254 people, injuring hundreds and sending terrified residents.
Heavy rains caused several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks onto buildings and roads in the capital of southwestern Putumayo province and immobilising cars in mud in the early hours of Saturday.
‘It was torrential rainstorm, it got really strong between 11pm and 1am,’ said local resident Mario Usale, 42, who was looking for his father-in-law in the debris.
‘My mother-in-law was also missing, but we found her alive two kilometres away. She has head injuries, but she was conscious.’
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