December 8, 2010 9:41 AM

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50 houses buried under landslides in Colombo; 80 still missing

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has urged the evacuation of a hillside neighbourhood near Medellin, after a landslide buried around 50 houses. More than 30 bodies have been recovered since the landslide in La Gabriela district of Bello on Sunday, about a third of them children. More than 80 people are still missing, but rescue efforts have been hampered by continued heavy rains.

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