Mudslide kills 34

A mudslide unleashed by torrential rain buried a bus and affected two other vehicles on a highway in central Colombia, killing at least 34 people, authorities said yesterday. The National Disaster Risk Management Unit said in a statement that eight children were among the dead. The mudslide on Monday divided a highway in two in the town of Pueblo Rico in the district of Risaralda. There were 33 people aboard the bus, which was buried in two metres of mud and earth. A car with six passengers and a motorcycle with two people were also affected. The town had been under a mudslide threat due to heavy rains caused by the La Nin˜a weather phenomenon, according to Colombia’s national emergency management agency.