Amazing video shows moment mudslide sends house crashing down hill
A mudslide has sent an entire house crashing down a mountainside before coming to rest in a raging river.
The incident took place near the town of Guayabetal as severe storms battered the central Colombian region of Cundinamarca.
According to reports, two rivers broke their banks and isolated Guayabetal, leaving the town without electricity, water and telephone communication.
Local authorities managed to evacuate most of the area’s residents and nobody has yet been reported as injured.
In video footage filmed by eyewitnesses, the house is shifted by the moving mass of earth moments before it balances on the edge of the mountainside and rolls into the fierce river.
Residents are heard screaming as the house breaks up in seconds and the debris ends up in the water below.
In another video from a different angle, the house is seen next to other properties just before it slips out of view and tumbles down the mountain.
Fire brigade commander Jorge Rey told local media: “The flooded rivers are affecting local residences and one house has already collapsed. The emergency services are evacuating people in the area.”
Two neighbourhoods have been evacuated and several roads were closed following a reported 15 landslides in the area.
According to local media, numerous motorists were trapped on roads and had to sleep in their vehicles without access to food or water.
It is unknown when the roads will reopen as local authorities continue their clean-up operation following the severe storms.
– CEN/Australscope
