58 dead as mud and water destroy town

'River took out everything in its path,' survivor says; search continues for missing victims

Rescuers searched for bodies on Tuesday and sought to aid the hundreds of survivors of a deadly flood that was triggered by a mudslide after heavy rains swept through a Colombian town.

"The earth slid into the La Liboriana ravine, damming the water. Then the water burst and destroyed everything in its path," regional police commander Jose Angel Mendoza said in an interview.