A woman has narrowly escaped a fast-moving mudslide near Lima, Peru, which nearly claimed her life.
Video footage captured the moment Evangelina Chamorro Diaz pulled herself from the churning of mud by grabbing on to debris and scrambling to safety in Punta Hermosa, 40 kilometres outside the Peruvian capital.
The woman, covered in mud from head to toe, clambered over wooden crates and branches to reach the banks of the river, where she was helped by a crowd of onlookers.
The 32-year-old and her husband were taken to hospital and are both recovering, according to Peruvian media.
Mudslides have claimed the lives of 18 people, and more than 35,000 people have been displaced as a result of heavy rains across Peru this year.
