Along with the trail, the mudslide had ruptured the major pipelines that carry the water to the municipality. |
The road was opened to some traffic a few days later, only to be blocked again by another mudslide. |
The early morning mudslide took place in the Amapola gold mine, near the city of Filadelfia, in the Department of Caldas, 200 kilometers west of Bogota. |
Continued rain is hampering the search and rescue effort and could even cause a second mudslide. |
Chinese authorities have attributed Friday's tragedy to torrential rains that caused the area's worst flash flood and mudslide in 200 years. |
On that date, a massive mudslide near Terrace, B. C., trapped two men in a river of mud and debris. |