Flooding at a mine in northwest Colombia’s Antioquia division killed at the very least 12 folks.
Torrential rains and flooding have killed at the very least 12 folks at a mining camp in mountainous northwest Colombia, with one other two reported lacking and extra injury anticipated, authorities stated Thursday.
The flooding at Abriaqui within the Antioquia division shocked a bunch of miners as they have been consuming dinner on Wednesday night, Mayor Hector Urrego instructed native tv.
“The guys have been at dinner, some have been making ready to relaxation, others have been leaving work when the flood arrived” on the El Porvenir gold mine, he stated.
“We have twelve lifeless our bodies (…) and there are nonetheless two lacking,” he added.
The flooding destroyed one degree of the mining camp in addition to a part of a plant, in accordance with the Antioquia authorities.
The effort to recuperate the lacking was delayed till Friday morning attributable to inclement climate, rescue officers stated.
Urrego added that 20 households have been evacuated from a close-by city as a result of danger of additional flooding, with numerous rivers round Abriaqui threatening to burst their banks.
Several rural roads have been made impassable by landslides.
“A group of pros are heading to the world to help response efforts,” stated the provincial catastrophe administration company DAGRAN.
President Ivan Duque expressed “solidarity with the households of the victims” on Twitter.
Map of Colombia finding Abriaqui, the place torrential rains and flooding have triggered deaths.
“Relief companies are working… in search operations for the disappeared,” the president stated.
So far this wet season, 17 folks have died in floods in Antioquia, in accordance with native authorities.
Hours earlier than the Abriaqui flood, a lady was killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains within the neighboring city of Barbosa.
In February, at the very least 14 folks died and 34 have been injured in a mudslide triggered by heavy rains within the central-west Risaralda province.
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