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Unknown number of dead and injured in Bolivia mudslide

Puente Armas: Six vehicles and a house were swept down a steep hillside by a mudslide in Bolivia on Saturday.

Unknown number of dead and injured in Bolivia mudslide

Courtesy: Luis Lopez

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Published : Feb 3, 2019, 12:27 PM IST

Local media are reporting that authorities are saying that the number of dead and injured is yet unknown.

Courtesy: Luis Lopez

Video images taken by a bystander after the mudslide show one woman being helped up the hillside by a group of men and numerous other injured persons laying under covered open air structures with other people standing around them.

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Rescue workers had yet to access the site due to the adverse road conditions on either side of the mudslide and the Bolivian Highway Authority had closed further public access to the area for fear of more activity.

The area of the tragic incident is known as Puente Armas, some 100 kilomteres (62 miles) north of the capital La Paz were heavy rains have pounded the area for the last 48 hours.

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Local media are reporting that authorities are saying that the number of dead and injured is yet unknown.

Courtesy: Luis Lopez

Video images taken by a bystander after the mudslide show one woman being helped up the hillside by a group of men and numerous other injured persons laying under covered open air structures with other people standing around them.

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Rescue workers had yet to access the site due to the adverse road conditions on either side of the mudslide and the Bolivian Highway Authority had closed further public access to the area for fear of more activity.

The area of the tragic incident is known as Puente Armas, some 100 kilomteres (62 miles) north of the capital La Paz were heavy rains have pounded the area for the last 48 hours.

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1. Critically endangered Sumatran tiger Asim, the latest arrival at the ZSL London Zoo, climbing tree trunk
2. Asim playing with large ball
3. Various of Asim in tiger enclosure
4. Asim eating
5. Asim with swing toy
6. Various of Asim in enclosure
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A critically endangered Sumatran tiger named Asim has made his debut at the ZSL London Zoo.
Asim was recently transfered to London from a Danish safari park to serve as a new mate for female resident tiger Melati.
Footage from Wednesday showed Asim familiarising himself with his new environment, climbing a tree trunk, having a bite, and playing with various tiger toys - including a large ball.
According to Kathryn Sanders, ZSL London Zoo's head tiger keeper, Asim is a "handsome, confident cat, known for being very affectionate with the ladies in his life."
Zookeepers now hope that Asim will be the "perfect mate" for 10-year-old Melati, and wish for tiger cubs in the future - if the two get along.
Seven-year-old Asim, whose name means 'protector' in Arabic, was matched with Melati through the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) for Sumatran tigers, which is coordinated by experts at London's zoo and aims to save the species from extinction.
According to the EEP, just 400 Sumatran tigers remain in the wild.
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