[kellyhound]

At least 33 people were killed in a landslide in an Indigenous community in northwestern Colombia, the country's vice president said Saturday.

Rescuers slogging through deep mud were rushing against the clock in hopes of finding survivors in the rubble.

Earlier, officials had put the toll in Friday's landslide, which hit a road linking the cities of Medellin and Quibdo in Choco department, at 23 dead and 20 injured.

Authorities in Medellin said that, as of early Saturday, 17 bodies had been transported there and that forensic examiners had identified three of them. No names were released. Rescuers struggle to reach site.

With several road closures, rescue crews and firefighters struggled to reach the hardest-hit area, and one official told there had been a request for helicopters to help.

"Since last night, we have been working hand-in-hand with emergency and relief organizations on the Quibdo-Medellin road," the police said. "We deployed all our capabilities to rescue and help those affected."

About 50 soldiers also arrived to assist, and images released by the army showed mud-covered men struggling through swampy terrain.

The landslide in Choco, which lies on the Pacific Ocean and is home to a vast tropical forest, followed more than 24 hours of intense rain.

A local official told that many travelers, blocked by an earlier landslide Friday, had left their cars to take shelter in a house near the municipality of Carmen de Atrato.

"But unfortunately, an avalanche came and buried them," said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Images shared on social networks and on television channels showed part of a mountain breaking loose and crashing down onto a line of cars, while screams are heard.

A landslide in the same part of Colombia in December 2022 killed at least 27 people, trapping people in a bus and other vehicles.

While much of Colombia is suffering a period of drought, the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies has warned of the risk of heavy rains in the Amazon and in several departments bordering the Pacific.

[pokerplay]

Stevie nicks mentioned the landslide might bring ya down.

[Mr_Shlaapu]

That's a lot of aggregate.

[istoauresmaa]

To be continued...

[gimlet]

Wow, never seen a landslide beefo'. It really looked like a landslide, everything looked normal and then the ground was shakin', snappin' it's fingers,
It was movin' down and down and down and down (did I miss a 'down') (oh-oh-oh-oh)
That land was shakin' (oh-oh-oh-oh)

[gimlet]

Originally Posted by Mr_Shlaapu ↗

That's a lot of aggregate.

Another concrete lover? I bet you drive a cement mixer...

[Skeebow]

Moments that make you realize you have basically no control

[docfr8]

Like ants in a sandbox

[Ozymandias]

if my mental image reading it wasn't already bad, the video definitely made it worse! looks terrifying to experience on foot... props to that guy. if i were that close to a landslide of that degree, i think i would have disintegrated out of fear before ever pressing record.

natural disasters are fucking terrifying! i've loved them since i was little.

[Killgaad]

But isn't it too early in the year for a landslide to happen—election year or not?

Donald Trump says he saw a few hanging chads already!