Colombian mudslide dead are recovered
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December 7, 2010, Tuesday
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RESCUERS have recovered 12 bodies from a mudslide in northwestern Colombia that may have buried up to 145 people after weeks of heavy rain, officials said yesterday.
A sodden hillside collapsed on Sunday in Bello town, near Antioquia province's capital Medellin, burying around 50 homes.
"There are 145 people missing, including the 12 dead who have been recovered up until now," Antioquia Governor Luis Alfredo Ramos told reporters in Bello.
Rain and flooding have forced 1.5 million people from their homes this year in what the government calls the worst natural disaster in Colombia's history. The bad weather has also hindered the coffee, coal and agricultural sectors.
Neighboring Venezuela is suffering as well, with tens of thousands of people displaced and President Hugo Chavez blaming "criminal" capitalism for global climate changes.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Sunday the number of homeless from the rains could reach 2 million. Before Sunday's disaster, heavy rains had killed around 170 people this year in the Andean nation.
The downpours in recent months are due to the La Nina weather pattern, which the government's weather office expects to last until next year.
A sodden hillside collapsed on Sunday in Bello town, near Antioquia province's capital Medellin, burying around 50 homes.
"There are 145 people missing, including the 12 dead who have been recovered up until now," Antioquia Governor Luis Alfredo Ramos told reporters in Bello.
Rain and flooding have forced 1.5 million people from their homes this year in what the government calls the worst natural disaster in Colombia's history. The bad weather has also hindered the coffee, coal and agricultural sectors.
Neighboring Venezuela is suffering as well, with tens of thousands of people displaced and President Hugo Chavez blaming "criminal" capitalism for global climate changes.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Sunday the number of homeless from the rains could reach 2 million. Before Sunday's disaster, heavy rains had killed around 170 people this year in the Andean nation.
The downpours in recent months are due to the La Nina weather pattern, which the government's weather office expects to last until next year.
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