The death toll from the massive mudslide that hit the city Mocco of Putumayo province rose to 254, said the president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos citing elements of the local police gave. "This is a number that causes enormous grief," he said President Santos, according to the radio network RCN.
However, according to data of the Red Cross Colombian number of deadened at least 234 anrthropous
According to the Red Cross, some 400 people were injured by the mudslide, while 220 still missing.
The heavy rains have led to overflowing rivers and landslide that swept seventeen districts of the city, near the border with Ecuador and Peru, totally destroying three and causing extensive damage to 14 other.
President Santos, who arrived in the city to coordinate search and rescue operations, said earlier that declared the city in a state of "destruction" to speed up relief operations.