One dead, 100s injured as tornado hits Colombia
Sunday Jun 03, 201202:33 PM GMT
One dead, 100s injured as tornado hits Colombia
At least one woman has died and hundreds of people injured after a tornado tore through the Colombian town of Sabanalarga, near the Caribbean coast.
The 49-year old woman died of her injuries in a Barranquilla hospital on Saturday, 50 kilometers to the north of Sabanalarga. Twelve people are critically injured, most of them hit by falling trees or walls.
The tornado, which appeared at around 4 pm on Friday has left about 5,000 people homeless and caused at least one thousand homes lose their roofs throughout five districts of the coastal town.
"After this natural phenomenon that has caused so much damage to this municipality I can report that over 100 people had to be given medical attention and three had to be evacuated to the city of Barranquilla to receive special care due to the nature of their injuries," Health Secretary for Atlantico province , David Pelaez said.
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