Floods, mudslides leave 39 dead in Columbia

At least 39 people were killed on Monday when a mudslide triggered by heavy rains swept away dozens of ramshackle homes during the dead of night. The disaster took place around 3 am <g data-gr-id="5">local</g> time (800 GMT) in the town of <g data-gr-id="8">Salgar</g>, about 60 miles southwest of Medellin.