Desperate lives, broken city: Colombia mudslide that claimed more than 200 lives

In the Colombian town of Mocoa, people desperately searched their ruined homes and the local hospital for loved ones Sunday after a torrent of water, mud and debris swept through, causing more than 200 deaths, many of them children, and leaving hundreds more missing and injured.
A man washes a shirt in muddy water in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
A man washes a shirt in muddy water in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
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Firefighters search for survivors in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
Firefighters search for survivors in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
Firefighters and neighbors stop their work as they found the body of a woman in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
Firefighters and neighbors stop their work as they found the body of a woman in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
A family gets settled at shelter in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
A family gets settled at shelter in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
A woman sits on a chair in front of her house covered with mud in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
A woman sits on a chair in front of her house covered with mud in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
A survivor sleeps at a shelter in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
A survivor sleeps at a shelter in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
Survivors line up for food at a shelter in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)
Survivors line up for food at a shelter in Mocoa, Colombia, Sunday, April 2, 2017. (AP)

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