Colombian Landslide

       Colombia's rainfall this year is the highest on record since the country's weather service was created 42 years ago.  The large amounts of rain have been partially caused by the La Nina weather phenomenon; also creating havoc for Venezuela and surrounding countries. In Colombia alone, an estimated 1.6 million people's houses have been damaged or completely lost due to massive amounts of flooding.  This number is so high because of terrible development planning; about 70% of the population lives in inundated flood plains.  Recently, a landslide buried a less developed suburb where 100 people are still missing and 23 deaths have been reported; 11 of which are children.  An estimated 1.7 million cubic feet of earth buried thirty brick houses.  The death toll from mudslides and floods for Colombia this year is now up to 199.  Last year they were at 110 and the previous year there were a total of 48 people killed.