Colombia landslide kills at least 6, more missing

BOGOTA
(Reuters) - Colombian emergency workers and residents used spades and
rescue dogs to hunt for victims on Saturday after rains trigged a
landslide that killed at least six people when it swept over a poor
Medellin neighborhood.

Dozens of rescue workers and local residents scoured through mud and
wrecked houses for victims after some heard voices of those trapped
underneath their buried homes.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian emergency workers andresidents used spades and rescue dogs to hunt for victims onSaturday after rains trigged a landslide that killed at leastsix people when it swept over a poor Medellin neighborhood. An avalanche of mud and rubble buried about 20 homes, andas many as 20 people were still missing in the latest disastertriggered by the country's intense winter season and heavyrainfall, authorities said.

"We
have six people dead and at least 20 people reported missing," said
Camilo Zapata, director of the Medellin municipal disaster prevention
office, told Reuters by telephone from the site.