Venezuela floods: Death toll rises after 3 perish near Maracay

Flooding in Venezuela's central Aragua state killed at least three people on Monday, adding to the death toll from weeks of intense rains, authorities said.

Locals moved rubble on the street to prevent more water from entering their houses. The flood and mud destroyed many homes, such as local woman Marielle Figallo's.

Water broke down walls, windows, and gates, Figallo said. The two workers who were at her home when the disaster happened left the house before the water reached it.

A downpour on Monday afternoon caused a dam to overflow, triggering a flood that carried rocks, trees, and mud down a main road in El Castano, a suburb of the city of Maracay about 119 kilometers southwest of the capital Caracas.

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