Colombia mudslide engulfs bus after heavy rain Published duration 14 April 2011

image caption Rescuers say there is little hope of finding survivors

A mudslide caused by heavy rain has engulfed a bus in Colombia, killing at least 14 people, officials. say.

The bus was leaving the central city of the city of Manizales when it was hit by a collapsing hillside and swept into a ravine.

Rescuers have been searching for six others missing after the accident.

Over the past year Colombia has suffered widespread floods that have killed more than 300 people and forced 2 million from their homes.

Emergency workers have been recovering bodies from the bus, which was completely buried by mud and rock.

Some parts of Manizales have been evacuated because of the risk of further landslides.