Apr 20, 2017

Flooding and mudslides in central Colombia have killed at least 11 people, the Red Cross said Wednesday, causing alarm in a country still recovering from mudslides that killed hundreds.

: A man and his daughter remain amid rubble in Mocoa, Putumayo department, Colombia on April 4, 2017. Meanwhile, looting has become a problem in some areas. Local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. “What the mudslides didn’t carry away, the thieves did,” one survivor of the disaster, Juan Luis Hernandez, 33, told AFP in the devastated San Miguel neighborhood of Mocoa. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man carries a box with aid for people displaced by the floods in Mocoa, Putumayo department, southern Colombia on April 5, 2017. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: An elderly woman rests at a shelter for victims of the mudslides caused by heavy rains in Mocoa, Putumayo department, southern Colombia, on April 5, 2017. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: A young woman and her daughter rest at a shelter for victims of the mudslides caused by heavy rains in Mocoa, Putumayo department, southern Colombia, on April 5, 2017. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: A family stands by tents in a shelter for people displaced by the floods in Mocoa, Putumayo department, southern Colombia on April 5, 2017. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man stands in the doorway of his house, which was damaged by a mudslide caused by heavy rains in Mocoa, Putumayo department, Colombia on April 5, 2017. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: General view after mudslides in Manizales, Caldas department, Colombia on April 19, 2017. Flooding and mudslides in central Colombia have killed at least eleven people, the Red Cross said Wednesday, causing alarm in a country still recovering from mudslides that killed hundreds. (Getty Images)

: General view after mudslides in Manizales, Caldas department, Colombia on April 19, 2017. Flooding and mudslides in central Colombia have killed at least eleven people, the Red Cross said Wednesday, causing alarm in a country still recovering from mudslides that killed hundreds. (Getty Images)

: Rescuers carry a corpse after mudslides in Manizales, Caldas department, Colombia on April 19, 2017. Flooding and mudslides in central Colombia have killed at least eleven people, the Red Cross said Wednesday, causing alarm in a country still recovering from mudslides that killed hundreds. (Getty Images)

: Colombian Civil Defense workers walk next to a house destroyed by mudslides caused by heavy rains in Mocoa, Putumayo department, Colombia on April 5, 2017. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: Men load boxes onto a public transport vehicle leaving Mocoa, Putumayo department, Colombia, on April 5, 2017, affected by a mudslides caused by heavy rains. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes, while some residents have decided to leave for a while for fear of epidemics that could be caused by the natural disaster. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: A woman sits on a public transport vehicle on April 5, 2017 as she waits to leave Mocoa, Putumayo department, southern Colombia, affected by mudslides caused by heavy rains. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes, while some residents have decided to leave for a while for fear of epidemics that could be caused by the natural disaster. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: People wait in a public transport vehicle on April 5, 2017 to leave Mocoa, Putumayo department, southern Colombia, affected by mudslides caused by heavy rains. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes, while some residents have decided to leave for a while for fear of epidemics that could be caused by the natural disaster. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: Local residents are housed in a shelter for victims of the mudslides caused by heavy rains in Mocoa, Putumayo department, southern Colombia, on April 5, 2017. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: A stuffed animal is seen amid debris left by mudslides caused by heavy rains in Mocoa, Putumayo department, Colombia, on April 5, 2017. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man stands beside his house destroyed by mudslides caused by heavy rains in Mocoa, Putumayo department, southern Colombia on April 5, 2017. A state of economic emergency has been declared in the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia, after mudslides left more than 290 people dead. And local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indigenous children play soccer in Mocoa, Putumayo department, Colombia on April 4, 2017. Meanwhile, looting has become a problem in some areas. Local officials urged the government to dispatch more police and troops to secure the region and prevent the looting of abandoned homes. “What the mudslides didn’t carry away, the thieves did,” one survivor of the disaster, Juan Luis Hernandez, 33, told AFP in the devastated San Miguel neighborhood of Mocoa. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

Colombia slowly recovering from flooding, mudslides

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