17 Dead

A surviving relative told US media that the boat's captain had told the 31 passengers not to put on life jackets.

The amphibious "duck boat" capsized during a rapidly deteriorating thunderstorm on Table Rock Lake, a popular tourist attraction.

Missouri Highway Patrol said the ages of the deceased range from one to 70.

The woman who says she lost nine members of her family has been named as Tia Coleman. She is one of two in her family to have survived.

At least 30 homes collapsed in the landslides near the city, which lies west of the capital Bogota.

The landslides hit after the equivalent of a month of rain fell in a single night. Local authorities said the city was cut off by rocks, mud and floods.

More than 300 people were killed in landslides in the southern Colombian town of Mocoa earlier this month.

Photo: AFP More than a dozen people are dead after landslides in Manizales, Colombia.