Bogota, Colombia: The giant mudslide that devastated the Colombian town of Mocoa last week killed 312 people including 102 children, the country's government said on Friday.
The mudslide hit a week ago after the heavy rains caused three rivers to flood, sending a sea of mud, boulders and debris crashing into the town.
In the latest report on Friday on number of deaths, the National Disasters Risk Management Unit said 332 people were injured and at least 4,506 left homeless.
Of those, the disasters unit said that four were foreigners: an Ecuadoran, a Spaniard, a Briton and a German.
In an effort to speed up reconstruction, the government has declared a 30-day state of economic, social and ecological emergency in Mocoa.
The hardest-hit areas were impoverished neighborhoods populated by residents uprooted during Colombia's five-decade civil war.
Many survivors have had to take the disaster response effort into their own hands, clawing through the mud for their loved ones, digging their graves themselves and defending what belongings they have left from looters.
The mudslide hit a week ago after the heavy rains caused three rivers to flood, sending a sea of mud, boulders and debris crashing into the town.
In the latest report on Friday on number of deaths, the National Disasters Risk Management Unit said 332 people were injured and at least 4,506 left homeless.
Of those, the disasters unit said that four were foreigners: an Ecuadoran, a Spaniard, a Briton and a German.
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In an effort to speed up reconstruction, the government has declared a 30-day state of economic, social and ecological emergency in Mocoa.
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The hardest-hit areas were impoverished neighborhoods populated by residents uprooted during Colombia's five-decade civil war.
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Many survivors have had to take the disaster response effort into their own hands, clawing through the mud for their loved ones, digging their graves themselves and defending what belongings they have left from looters.
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