Search and rescue operations underway at site of a landslide in Narino, Colombia, January 21, 2018, in this picture obtained from social media. Ivan Antonio Jurado/Pulo Social/via REUTERS

BOGOTA (Reuters) - At least 13 people, including a newborn, were killed on Sunday when a landslide pushed a bus into a ravine in southwest Colombia, the disaster relief agency said.

The mountainous highway where the accident occurred winds between the cities of Pasto and Tumaco in Narino province, along the border with Ecuador.

The head of the disaster relief agency for the province told Reuters the landslide sent some 5,000 cubic meters of rock and earth down on to the highway and into the ravine.</s>At least 13 people, including a newborn, were killed on Sunday when a landslide pushed a bus into a ravine in southwest Colombia, the disaster relief agency said.

The mountainous highway where the accident occurred winds between the cities of Pasto and Tumaco in Narino province, along the border with Ecuador.

The head of the disaster relief agency for the province told Reuters the landslide sent some 5,000 cubic metres of rock and earth down on to the highway and into the ravine.</s>Highway police officer Fernando Montana said there were five women and one baby among those on the bus, HispanTV reported.Nearly thirteen people onboard a public bus have died on the Tumaco-Pasto highway in southwest Colombia as a result of a landslide.The mudslide, prompted by heavy rainfall, occurred between the cities of Tumaco and Pasto, which are located in the Nariño district of Colombia bordering Ecuador.The head of the disaster relief agency for the province told Reuters that the landslide sent some 5,000 cubic meters of rock and earth down on to the highway, pushing the bus into the ravine.Highway police officer Fernando Montana said there were five women and one baby among those on the bus, HispanTV reported.Colombia's Director of the National Road Safety Agency, Alejandro Maya, expressed his condolences."I deeply regret the death of at least 13 people who were traveling in a public service vehicle on the Tumaco-Pasto highway, which were surprised by a landslide," he said on Twitter.After the incident, several emergency teams arrived at the site to help remove debris to locate victims. Their work was suspended because of the steep terrain.In March, a deadly mudslide in the southwestern town of Mocoa killed over 200 people.</s>The mountainous highway where the accident occurred winds between the cities of Pasto and Tumaco in Narino province, along the border with Ecuador. 



 The head of the disaster relief agency for the province told Reuters the landslide sent some 5,000 cubic meters of rock and earth down on to the highway and into the ravine.</s>Bogota, Colombia | AFP | A landslide in southwestern Colombia has killed 13 people on a small public bus in a rain-soaked mountainous area, authorities said Sunday.

The landslide struck an area not far from the town of Tuquerres in Narino on Saturday.

Rescuers have so far found the bodies of 13 people, highway police officer Fernando Montana said.

Rescuers will search Monday to see if other vehicles in the area could have been affected, the local office of disaster risk management said in a statement.</s>A landslide in southwestern Colombia has killed 13 people on a small public bus in a rain-soaked mountainous area, authorities said Sunday.

Rescuers have so far found the bodies of 13 people, highway police officer Fernando Montana said.

Rescuers will search Monday to see if other vehicles in the area could have been affected, the local office of disaster risk management said in a statement.</s>Representational image. In this file photo, tropical Storm Tembin unleashed flash floods that swept away people and houses and set off landslides in the southern Philippines. | AP

BOGOTA: A landslide in southwestern Colombia has killed 13 people on a small public bus in a rain-soaked mountainous area, authorities said.

The landslide struck an area not far from the town of Tuquerres in Narino on Saturday.

Rescuers have so far found the bodies of 13 people, highway police officer Fernando Montana said.

Rescuers will search today to see if other vehicles in the area could have been affected, the local office of disaster risk management said in a statement.</s>Bogota, Jan 22 (AFP) A landslide in southwestern Colombia has killed 13 people on a small public bus in a rain-soaked mountainous area, authorities said.

The landslide struck an area not far from the town of Tuquerres in Narino on Saturday.

Rescuers have so far found the bodies of 13 people, highway police officer Fernando Montana said.

Rescuers will search today to see if other vehicles in the area could have been affected, the local office of disaster risk management said in a statement. (AFP) AJR .

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.</s>At least thirteen people died Sunday in a landslide that dragged away a small bus traveling on the road between Tumaco and Pasto, in the Narino department bordering Ecuador, official sources said Sunday.

"I deeply mourn the death of at least 13 people who were traveling in a public service vehicle on the Tumaco-Pasto highway, which were hit by a landslide," Alejandro Maya, director of the Colombian National Road Safety Agency, wrote on Twitter.</s>At least 13 people died when the bus they were traveling on was pushed by a landslide into a deep abyss off a highway in southwestern Colombia, authorities announced. Rescuers only managed to reach it the next day.

About 5,000 cubic meters (176,000 cubic feet) of rocks and mud unexpectedly slid off mountainous terrain in the Nariño region of the country, taking with it a small bus.

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The incident on Saturday happened on the Nariz del Diablo (Devil’s Nose) portion of the highway that crosses a mountainous area between the towns of Junín and Túquerres.

Rescue teams did not manage to reach the crash site until Sunday, when they discovered that all of the passengers traveling on the 16-seat bus affiliated with the Supertaxis company died as a result of suffocation.

“I deeply regret the death of at least 13 people who were traveling in a public service vehicle on the Tumaco-Pasto highway, which were surprised by an avalanche of land,” the director of the National Road Safety Agency, Alejandro Maya, tweeted. Fatalities include seven men, five women, and a newborn child.

Forensic units have collected the bodies and have taken the corpses to a nearby morgue for identification. The search and rescue efforts were suspended because of the steepness of the terrain and deteriorating weather conditions. Work will resume in the area on Monday to check if more vehicles could have been trapped as a result of the landslide, the Office of Disaster Risk Management of Nariño said in a statement. According to the agency, the landslide was caused by the heavy rains in the region.
A landslide pushes a bus into a ravine in Colombia, killing 13 people.