Colombian mudslide, river accident kill 36

COLOMBIA: Mudslides in western Colombia after days of heavy rain killed at least 36 people at the weekend and dozens are still missing, according to an updated official toll Sunday.

In one tragedy in Manizales, the capital of Caldas, a landslide swept into homes, leaving 29 dead and many missing; then in Cali on Sunday, a rain-swollen river burst its banks and killed seven people, most of them children. The national emergency management office said it was not yet clear how many people were still missing in the two incidents.

About 150 rescuers in addition to 450 police were working into the night late Sunday trying to find survivors among the rubble in Manizales, a city of about 350,000.

AFP