Evangelina Chamorro

Trapped in mudslide, mom says thoughts of kids helped her get out

Chamorro, 32, left a hospital in the capital of Lima on Wednesday. She was close to tears as she recounted the fast-moving torrent of wet earth and wooden pallets that dragged her from her husband's grasp last Thursday, a wave of misery unleashed after weeks of heavy rains, floods and mudslides that have claimed more than 70 lives.

Chamorro said she was feeding the family's pigs with her husband in Punta Hermosa, a suburb of Lima. A sudden roar caught her attention.