This is the horror moment a mountain collapses in Colombia after heavy rain, killing more than 30 and injuring dozens of others.
The landslide occurred around 4pm local time yesterday as vehicles waited on the road for it to reopen after it was blocked by falling rocks.
Many of the victims were still sat in their cars as an avalanche of mud and rocks slid towards them and buried them.
At least 33 people, mostly children, were killed in the landslide in an indigenous community in northwestern Colombia, the country’s vice president said today.
The tragedy happened on the road between the city of Quibdo, the capital of the department of Choco, and Medellin.
Footage shared on social networks and on television channels showed part of a mountain detaching and crashing down onto a line of cars, while screams are heard.
Images have also been released of members of the police, fire brigade and military taking part in the search and rescue operation on Friday night and into Saturday.
The landslide caught on video was one of three within a three-mile stretch of the road that occurred in an area called Las Toldas.
At least 35 people were also injured and an unknown number of people are still missing as mud completely engulfed several cars on the road, authorities said.
‘The extraction of bodies continues,’ the governor of Choco said in a statement shared on social media.
‘I deeply regret the death of 33 people in this tragedy, mostly children, according to preliminary reports from the territory,’ Colombia’s Vice President Francia Marquez wrote on social media site X.