The testimonies of the victims of the avalanche that buried half of the city in Colombia

A survivor completely buried by mud and a man who lost eight members of his family the tragedy that lives the municipality of Rosas today, in the department of Cauca, after an avalanche due to a landslide, leaving the city almost buried and 30 dead up to now.

"I stayed alone with my son and there is nothing to bury ours", he told the newspaper The weather Pierre Elmer Bolaños Rodríguez. At dawn on the last Sunday of the Resurrection, his family slept in his house located in the alley of Portachuelo, devastated by the avalanche. He and his son survived because they were not there, but eight members of his family did not run with the same luck.

"We found the woman, my daughter and her niece, Cristian missing, Herminda missing," Monkey ", missing Blanca, five of us still missing.", Said Bolaños to the national media. "I ask the government to have sympathy with us so we can get our loved ones out of our neighborhood, our neighbors, so they can bury them," he added.

For its part, Yanober Torres, another survivor, told Caracol News He heard the noise and realized the avalanche that was announcing and was able to get his wife and son out of the house. "I was on my knees, with debris in the back and all around, my wife and my son came out on the sides", he expressed.

Although he managed to save the life of his wife and son, his parents died, a sister, a niece and an uncle with his wife, three children and three grandchildren. And he hardly lives to say it. "Finally, the feet and the left hand became numb, then the gas started to come out, because while we were sleeping next to the kitchen, I was drowning, I was just asking God," he said.

Their stories reflect the tragedy crying the country this week, relief agencies reported that 30 bodies were found, although their number may increase because there are still missing persons. Experts from the Colombian geological department are badyzing the mountain's fissure points to determine the reasons for its detachment.

Until now, they claim that it was a geological fault added to the intense rains of the time. "It is proven that the material removed is made up of a lot of soil, what we call residual soil. (In addition) a lot of water, you can see that the soil is heavily saturated"He explained to RCN Radio Adriana Agudelo, Head of the Geology Department of Cauca.

In addition, six houses will be buried, the avalanche also blocked the Pan-American Highway, which communicates the south of the country with the interior. The community is waiting for the government to help them find their loved ones and have access to transportation for their daily tasks.