At least eight dead due to collapse in Antioquia this Thursday

The Municipal Council for Risk Management, Dagram, announced that in the tragedy that occurs in the municipality of Abriaquí, in the western part of the department, about 3 hours from Medellín, in addition to the eight people who lost their lives there are several injured and missing

Como consecuencia de 21 deslizamientos, 20 inundaciones, 13 vendavales, 9 temporales y 4 avenidas torrenciales resultaron afectadas 6.497 familias en todo el país. Fotografía de archivo. EFE/Ricardo Maldonado Rozo

On the morning of this Thursday, April 7, a tragedy was reported in the municipality of Abriaquí, in the department of Antioquia. According to what was revealed by the Dagran (Administrative Department of Risk Management of Antioquia), the heavy rains caused a sudden increase in a river that leaves, so far, eight fatalities in the rural area of that municipality in the west of the department, in addition to an unknown number of people killed and disappeared.

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