Must-See Videos: Mudslides hit Peru

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Thursday, March 26, 2015
Must-See Videos: Mudslides hit Peru
7 people are reported dead

DEADLY MUDSLIDES

Major clean-up operations were underway in regions across Peru Thursday following heavy rains that caused deadly avalanches of mud and rocks.

In Chosica, 29 miles east of the capital Lima, local residents joined firefighters and government workers to help clear debris and boulders that killed at least seven people and destroyed 65 homes.

BUS SWALLOWED BY SINKHOLE

Incredible video shows the moment when a bus was swallowed by a massive sinkhole and swept away.

According to ABC News, intense flooding on Monday forced tourists to evacuate a bus sitting on a highway in Brazil. Shortly after the passengers were evacuated, the bus was swallowed whole by a massive sinkhole.

After the bus falls into the sinkhole, it is then later swept up by force of the raging river underneath. No one was inside the bus at the moment it was swept away.

VOLCANOS ERUPT

Two of Mexico's volcanoes erupted on Wednesday, sending plumes of ash and smoke into the skies above.

The Popocatepetl volcano in Puebla, near Mexico City and the Colima volcano, one of the most active in Central America, and Mexico's most dangerous.

Authorities have said that Popocatepetl's seismic activity has decreased but expect that it will continue to spew ash and smoke in the coming weeks.

JAG DRIVES ON TIGHTROPES

Jaguar unveiled its latest sedan with a daring stunt. The British automaker showed off the 2016 XF by moving it across a high wire over London's Canary Wharf.

A Hollywood stuntman was behind the wheel for the journey.

Jaguar describes the XF as a luxury sedan that delivers "excitement, composure and comfort".

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