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15 November 2010

COLOMBIA: iST UPDATE: Mudslides, Heavy Rains Leave 136 Dead, 208 Injured, Over 20,000 Homes Damaged.

LINK CHANGE/ C.REPORTS: 19 NOV /
     A "state of calamity" has been declared after La Nina's continued heavy downpours continue to wreak havoc in 28 or the nation's 32 departments. Bodies recovered from mudslides in Medellin and in a rural area outside Quinchia  increased the death toll to 136 with at least 208 injured and 22 missing.
   Other measures will release emergency funds for the victims of floods and landslides that  have damaged the houses or land of 1.3 million people.

  
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