Rains in Colombia: 3 tourists killed by landslides in Eje Cafetero - Other Cities - Colombia

In the last hours, Several emergencies have been registered in the three departments of the Coffee Region due to the increase in rains. The most serious cases were registered in the Termales de San Vicente reserve, in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Cabal, in Risaralda; and the second in the Valle de Cocora, in Salento, Quindío.

The first was caused by the saturation of water on the ground, which caused the root of a tree to detach and affected two tourists near the El Embrujo trail, in the Termales de San Vicente reserve.

(Also read: Winter in the Valley: woman was dragged by a flood and disappeared)

Landslide in Quindío

Landslide in the Cocora village, in Salento, which buried a cabin and left two dead.

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Quindío Risk Management

“The local workers found the people in a delicate state of health, carried out rescue maneuvers and quickly proceeded to take them to the nearest medical center where one of them died,” the reserve directives reported.

“The uprooting appeared outside the El Embrujo trail. However, when the tree fell, it affected the final area of ​​the trail,” added the directives.

The second case was registered in the early hours of this Tuesday in the village of Cocora, in Salento, where a landslide buried a cabin that was being used by two tourists of which until now their identities and nationality are unknown.

According to the preliminary report of the relief agencies, two people aged 27 and 28 lost their lives after this collapse.

According to the Salento Disaster Risk Management coordinator, David Echeverry, an alert call was received at 2:30 in the morning, they verified the situation and began the rescue work.

“First the body of a man was rescued, then support was requested from the volunteer fire departments of Filandia and Circasia, and around 5:00 in the morning the body of the second victim was rescued,” Echeverry said.

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