The Latest: Death toll rises to 193 in Colombia disaster

  • 2/10/2023
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Rajab 5, 1438, Apr 2, 2017, SPA -- The number of people killed in Colombia after a surge of mud and water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city has risen to 193. Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos announced the rising death toll early Saturday evening as rescuers continued to search for the missing. A torrent of debris surged through the city of Macoa near Colombia's southern border with Ecuador around midnight, catching many residents off guard asleep in their homes and leaving little time to escape. Many of the city's streets were left an unrecognizable plane of rocks, wooden planks and mud. --SPA 06:03 LOCAL TIME 03:03 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w367207

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