Two hundred fifty four people were killed, 400 people had been injured, and 200 were missing following a landslide in southwestern Colombia on April 1, according to the army.
Heavy rains caused several rivers to overflow, pushing mud onto the streets of the city of Mocoa.
The mud trapped cars and people, destroyed bridges and roads, and overturned trees.
Seventeen neighborhoods were affected. More than 1,100 soldiers and police officers were called in to help dig people out.
Heavy rains, a mountainous landscape, and informal construction of homes make landslides a common occurrence in Colombia.
However, the scale of the latest disaster was larger than previous ones, even compared to a 2015 landslide that left nearly 80 people dead in Salgar, Antioquia.
Colombia’s deadliest landslide occurred in 1985 in Armero. The disaster killed more than 20,000 people.
