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Colombia: Landslide: 2002/11/1 Country Information on DRR

Period 2002/11/1
Country or District Colombia
Event Type Landslide
Outline At least 60 people were killed when a mudslide, triggered by heavy rains, swept through a village in northern Colombia.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
CNN news 2002/11/01
Dead: at least 6 people
Missing: at least 60 people

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CNN news 2002/11/01
A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed at least six people and left at least 60 missing.

ABC online 2002/11/02
Rescuers struggle to reach deadly Colombia landslide site

Reuters News 2002/11/02
In northern Colombia where mudslides caused heavy rains have killed at least four people and left up to 35 others missing.

Yahoo asia News 2002/11/1
Mudslide kills at least 60 in Colombian village