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Mudslides kill six in Colombia
Six people died on Sunday in the central
Colombian province of Antioquia after heavy
rains triggered landslides on highways, regional
government sources said.
Landslides hit houses and the roads linking
Taraza and Puerto Valdivia, some 500 km
northwest of Bogota.
Sunday's deaths brought the total death toll
from rain-caused disasters to 10 across the
nation over the weekend. Saturday's victims were
a woman in Antioquia and three members of a
family in the southwestern province of Cauca.
A key road linking Medellin to the Caribbean
coast is blocked by landslides. Since the start
of Colombia's rainy season, 36 people have been
killed and 90,000 made homeless.
The first quarter rainy season usually lasts
from February to June.
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