MOCOA, Colombia: Devastating mudslides in the Colombian town of Mocoa killed at least 254 people, 43 of them children, President Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday, in yet another sharp rise in the death toll.

Santos, who traveled to the southern town to personally oversee relief operations, warned the toll could keep climbing.

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