Heavy rains in Colombia over the weekend caused rivers to overflow and sent mudslides crashing down on the town of Mocoa, burying neighborhoods in piles of mud, boulders, and shattered trees. At least 273 people were killed, and hundreds more injured and left homeless. Search teams are still looking for survivors, as some of the first funerals began to take place today. As Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos declared Mocoa a disaster area, residents who fled are returning to search for loved ones amid the ruins.
Devastating Mudslides in Colombia
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Read moreA wounded girl waits for medical attention at a shelter in Mocoa, Putumayo department, Colombia, after mudslides caused extensive damage to the town, on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreAerial view of a neighborhood destroyed after flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains causing several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks into buildings and roads, in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreA man looks inside a flood-damaged passenger bus in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017. #
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Read moreRescuers search for survivors in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017. A grim search for the missing had resumed on Sunday. #
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Read moreAn aerial view of the extensive damage caused by mudslides as a result of heavy rains in Mocoa. #
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Read moreA man washes a shirt in muddy water in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017. #
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Read morePeople walk over the debris of a collapsed building in Mocoa on April 2, 2017. #
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Read moreThis aerial view shows one of the landslides in the mountains that caused the mudslides as a result of heavy rains, in Mocoa, on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreAerial view of a neighborhood destroyed after flooding and mudslides in Mocoa on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreRescuers seek people among the rubble left by mudslides in Mocoa on April 1, 2017. #
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Read moreRescuers walk in the river with chainsaws after flooding in Mocoa on April 2, 2017. #
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Read morePeople remove debris from a destroyed street in Mocoa on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreA fireman searches for victims inside a mud-filled house in Mocoa on April 2, 2017. #
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Read moreRescue members recover a body in a house in Mocoa on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreSoldiers and members of the Colombian Red Cross recover a body of a victim of avalanche in Mocoa on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreA rescuer carries his dog on a street destroyed after flooding and mudslides in Mocoa on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreAerial view of a neighborhood destroyed in Mocoa on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreA fireman picks up a Bible from the rubble left by mudslides in Mocoa on April 2, 2017. #
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Read moreA Colombian soldier gives instructions to victims at a shelter in Mocoa on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreColombian soldiers receive and organize donations at a collection center for Moncoa's mudslides victims, in Bogota on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreA family rests in a shelter in Mocoa on April 3, 2017. #
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Read morePeople wait to identify the bodies of their relatives at a cemetery after flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains in Mocoa on April 2, 2017. #
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Read moreBodies of people waiting to be identified by relatives lie on the ground after flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains in Villagarzon, Colombia on April 2, 2017. #
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Read moreA woman faints after identifying the body of a family member in Mocoa on April 2, 2017. #
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Read moreA fireman searches for victims inside a muddy house, following mudslides caused by heavy rains in Mocoa on April 2, 2017. #
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Read moreSurvivors line up for food at a shelter in Mocoa on April 2, 2017. #
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Read moreNew coffins for reburials, in a cemetery after flooding and mudslides in Mocoa on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreRelatives and friends of Deisy Rosero, 26, mourn during her funeral at a cemetery in Mocoa on April 3, 2017. #
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Read moreWomen cry next to a coffin in the cemetery after flooding and mudslides in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 3, 2017. #
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