Three die in mudslip

A MUDSLIDE fuelled by heavy rains swept over a village in southern Chile at the weekend, leaving at least three people dead and 15 missing, officials said.

Rain caused a river to overflow and the side of a hill to collapse, burying 20 of the 200 houses in Villa Santa Lucia in the Los Lagos region, located more than 1000km south of Chile’s capital, Santiago.

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Madmud Aleuy said the three confirmed dead were two women and an unidentified tourist, while 15 others remained missing.