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Colombia rivers overflow

A man looks inside a damaged passenger bus in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

A man looks inside a damaged passenger bus in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Fernando Vergara / AP)

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Intense rains triggered overflowing water from three rivers sweep through Mocoa, Colombia, killing more than 200 people.

Colombia river overflow

A man removes mud from his damaged house in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Fernando Vergara / AP)

Colombia river overflow

People line up outside a cemetery to ask about the whereabouts of their missing relatives in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Fernando Vergara / AP)

Colombia river overflow

A woman cries after being reunited with her family amid the rubble left by mudslides following heavy rains in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Luis Robayo / AFP/Getty Images)

Colombia river overflow

People carry their belongings amid the rubble left by mudslides following heavy rains in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Luis Robayo / AFP/Getty Images)

Colombia river overflow

A fireman picks up a Bible from the rubble left by mudslides following heavy rains in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Luis Robayo / AFP/Getty Images)

Colombia river overflow

An injured woman receives medical attention after mudslides following heavy rains in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Luis Robayo / AFP/Getty Images)

Colombia river overflow

People recover belongings in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Fernando Vergara / AP)

Colombia river overflow

A girl holds her doll rescued from her damaged house in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Fernando Vergara / AP)

Colombia river overflow

Rescuers search for survivors in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Fernando Vergara / AP)

Colombia river overflow

A man stares at the rubble left by mudslides following heavy rains in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 2, 2017.

  (Luis Robayo / AFP/Getty Images)

Colombia river overflow

An avalanche of water from an overflowing river swept through Mocoa, Colombia on April 1, 2017.

  (Cesar Carrion/Colombian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Colombia river overflow

An avalanche of water from an overflowing river swept through the Mocoa, Colombia on April 1, 2017.

  (Cesar Carrion / Colombian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Colombia river overflow

Photo released by the Colombian Army press office showing rescuers carrying a woman after mudslides caused by heavy rains, in Mocoa, Putumayo department, on April 1, 2017.

  (Handout / AFP/Getty Images)

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