Landslide in Bolivia
Heavy rainfall caused landslides on the road linking La Paz, to the northern town of Caranavi. Local reports say at least 14 people have been killed and a further seven are missing.
Hundreds of tonnes of earth and rock collapsed from the moutainous hillsides burying several vehicles. Helicopters were deployed to transport over 30 injured people to local hospitals.
After the initial landslide a secondary slide occurred causing more casualties.
- Type of event
- Landslide
- Location of event
- Plurinational State of Bolivia
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2019-02-08
- Time of Charter Activation
- 17:07
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC+01:00
- Charter Requestor
- SINAGER-SAT/VIDECI
- Activation ID
- 597
- Project Management
- Bolivian Space Agency - ABE
- Value Adding
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