All today’s newspapers feature dramatic photos showing the land sloughing away in the barrio of Los Guandules in Santiago de los Caballeros, built in a vulnerable area. The first major movement came at 4:14am, and caused 15 very humble homes to crumple to the ground or be seriously damaged. <\/p>\n
The Los Guandules barrio is on Estrella Sahdala Avenue, across the avenue from the Villa Olimpica and borders the Arroyo Nibaje. <\/p>\n
The landslide made an enormous rumbling noise that woke up the entire neighborhood. <\/p>\n
Some thirty families, close to 200 people, were affected and have been left homeless. <\/p>\n
Civil Defense chief for the region Francisco Arias told Hoy reporters that they are advising local residents to leave the area due to the risk of further landslides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
All today’s newspapers feature dramatic photos showing the land sloughing away in the barrio of Los Guandules in Santiago de los Caballeros, built in a vulnerable area. The first major movement came at 4:14am, and caused 15 very humble homes to crumple to the ground or be seriously damaged. The Los Guandules barrio is on … <\/p>\n