Mudslide in northwest Colombia kills 23 people

At least 35 people were also injured and an unknown number of people are still missing as mud completely engulfed several cars on the road, authorities said.

🚨Desde el sitio de la tragedia la Gobernadora del Chocó, Nubia Carolina Córdoba Curi coordinó las actividades de búsqueda y rescate con un solo objetivo: lograr el rescate de los heridos y encontrar personas con vida. — Gobernación del Chocó (@GobChoco) pic.twitter.com/t6QXwzbUmIJanuary 13, 2024

"The extraction of bodies continues," the governor of Choco said in a statement shared on social media.

Images on social media showed the moment a large piece of land dislodged from a mountain and fell on top of several cars that were moving along the flooded road below.

The road has been closed by Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management.