Heavy rain sparks landslide, flooding in Bolivian capital

Torrential rain on Saturday caused a river to spill its banks, dislodging mud from a southwestern La Paz neighbourhood where low-slung, shoddily built dwellings dot the hillside.

Heavy rain sparks landslide, flooding in Bolivian capital
Soldiers form a line as they move furniture across a road devastated by a mud slide.

Torrential rain on Saturday caused a river to spill its banks, dislodging mud from a southwestern La Paz neighbourhood where low-slung, shoddily built dwellings dot the hillside.