Having been battered by torrential rain for the past few weeks the prolonged and heavy rainfall has caused landslides in the city of Medellin in Columbia and local people initially beagn to try and dig survivors out of the rubble with makeshift tools before the armed forces and emergency services arrived. Local authorities are currently estimating that more than 2 million people have been or will be affected by the natural disaster. The Columbian President decribed the event as an 'unpresidented' occurance. In the cities suburbs the hundreds of tons of mud has buried at least 50 houses leaving dozens of people trapped and thousands homeless and stranded across the country. The rainy season has destroyed more than 10,000 homes across the country and experts fear the worst is yet to come. In bordering Venezuela more than 75,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes and evacuate. many who couldn't escape in time reamin trapped in submerged homes and can only hope of rescue. A truly saddening and disasterous event. For more information visit the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11923826.
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