{"id":3896,"date":"2011-11-07T09:05:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T09:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=3896"},"modified":"2011-11-08T07:46:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T07:46:58","slug":"landslides-in-colombia-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/11\/07\/landslides-in-colombia-on-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Landslides in Colombia on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: On Saturday two landslides occurred in Colombia.\u00a0 The largest, in Manizales, killed at least 29 people.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rainfall in Colombia on Saturday triggered landslides in Colombia.\u00a0 Whilst reports vary somewhat as to the actual cost of these landslides, it appears that there were two major events.\u00a0 The largest occurred at Manizales, where\u00a0 16 houses were buried at 6 am.\u00a0 In total 29 people <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eltiempo.com\/colombia\/eje-cafetero\/deslizamiento-en-manizales_10714165-4\">were reported<\/a> killed and about 20 remain missing.\u00a0 There seems little chance of finding any further victims alive, judging by the images of the landslide:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3897\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3897\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/11\/07\/landslides-in-colombia-on-saturday\/11_11-colombia-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3897\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3897\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/11\/11_11-Colombia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/11\/11_11-Colombia-1.jpg 566w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/11\/11_11-Colombia-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/www.eltiempo.com\/colombia\/eje-cafetero\/deslizamiento-en-manizales_10714165-4<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3898\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3898\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/11\/07\/landslides-in-colombia-on-saturday\/11_11-colombia-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3898\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3898\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/11\/11_11-Colombia-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/11\/11_11-Colombia-2.jpg 566w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/11\/11_11-Colombia-2-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/www.eltiempo.com\/colombia\/eje-cafetero\/deslizamiento-cerca-del-centro-de-manizales_10711024-4<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, a further landslide occurred at Calarca in Quindio, reportedly killing four people and injuring another five people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Landslides have been a very serious problem in Colombia in recent years &#8211; see for example previous posts <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/04\/15\/two-more-landslides-in-colombia\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2010\/12\/05\/early-reports-of-a-serious-landslide-in-colombia\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2008\/11\/17\/colombia-landslide-images\/\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/04\/27\/dramatic-new-landslide-and-rockfall-videos\/\">this landslide video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday two landslides occurred in Colombia.  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