11 killed, 15 missing in Chile mudslide

World Monday 18/December/2017 19:26 PM
By: Times News Service
11 killed, 15 missing in Chile mudslide

Santiago: A mudslide that buried much of a village in southern Chile has killed 11 people while another 15 are still missing, authorities said late on Sunday.
The tragedy struck a picturesque village of Villa Santa Lucia in the southern Los Lagos (Lakes) region where heavy rain triggered mudslides that swallowed up most of the homes in the village of 300.
Ten families have been evacuated, Onemi added.
The town was unable to vote in Sunday's presidential runoff won by conservative ex-president Sebastian Pinera.
The toll surged from a previous count of eight dead and 12 injured.