Colombia ends search for flood survivors

Colombian authorities have abandoned the search for survivors of floods that killed at least 314 people, with 106 people listed as missing.

Colombia ends search for flood survivors

Colombian authorities have abandoned the search for survivors of floods that killed at least 314 people, with 106 people listed as missing.

Emergency workers will turn to excavating roads and buildings, distributing aid and trying to avoid the outbreak of epidemics in the small southern city of Mocoa, where water and power services remained cut off, a week after the avalanche of debris-filled water poured down from the mountains.

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