23 people have been killed in a landslide in Colombia (Picture: Reuters/EPA)
A terrifying landslide has left at least 23 people dead in Colombia.
Multiple cars on a busy highway were crushed under the collapsing clumps of mud on Friday afternoon.
Heavy rain triggered the mudslide on a road between Quibdo and Medellin in the Pacific province of Choco.
The devastating incident left at least a further 35 injured and an unknown number are still missing.
‘The extraction of bodies continues,’ the governor of Choco said.
Cars were crushed under the terrifying mudslide, triggered by heavy rain (Picture: EPA)
Emergency services worked to free people from the rubble (Picture: Colombian Police/AFP via Getty Images)
35 have also been injured and many are feared missing (Picture: Reuters)
Images showed the moment a large piece of land dislodged from a mountain and fell on top of several cars that were moving along the flooded road below.
The road has been closed by Colombia’s National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD).
President Gustavo Petro said his government would provide all support needed in what he described as a ‘horrible tragedy’.
The president described the incident as a ‘horrible tragedy’ (Picture: Reuters)
Elsewhere, a man is missing after plunging into a giant crack created by a volcano in Iceland.
Back in the UK, a landslip in November left homes dangerously close to toppling into the sea.
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