Landslide rescue operation begins
Colombian authorities on Tuesday announced they had started a rescue operation in the north of the Antioquia department, where a landslide buried 20 to 30 people on Monday. The landslide…
Colombian authorities on Tuesday announced they had started a rescue operation in the north of the Antioquia department, where a landslide buried 20 to 30 people on Monday. The landslide…
A landslide buried about 30 people on a highway in the north western Colombian department of Antioquia, authorities said, adding it was unlikely there would be survivors found. “It has…
Authorities in Colombian capital Bogota are hoping that more than half of the city’s 7.4 million population will take part in a massive earthquake drill in October. The city’s Emergency…
The city of Ayapel in the Cordoba department is one of the areas hardest hit by Colombia’s rainy season, with more than 5,000 families affected by the extreme weather. The flooding…
Heavy rains resulting in floods and landslides have cost the lives of 70 Colombians since March, Interior and Justice Minister German Vargas Lleras said Thursday. Vargas Lleras reported in late…
Floods and landslides as a result of rainy season has left 70 people dead and 145 injured in Colombia so far this year, the country’s interior minister said Saturday. More…
Almost 3,000 tourists are stranded on the Colombian Caribbean island of San Andres because the wreckage of Monday’s plane crash remains on the airport’s runway. Aires President Francisco Mendez said…
An accident at the Cerrejon coal mine in La Guajira, northern Colombia, on Thursday killed at least four miners and injured another twelve. According to initial media reports, the accident occurred…
A fire in the north-western Colombian town of Riosucio, in the Choco department, destroyed at least 60 houses and left some 100 families homeless, local media reported on Sunday. According to…