A large

landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, rockslips or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows. Landslides ...

occurred in

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on December 5, 2022.

Impact

At least 33 people were killed and nine others were rescued alive, four of them injured critically. All victims were inside a bus when the landslide buried the vehicle. At least three children were among those killed, according to

n President

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. The bus itself had around 25 passengers, and departed from

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

before the landslide.

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