More than 180 of Colombia’s approximately 1,000 municipalities are either on orange or red alert for natural disasters like the one that partially destroyed the southern town of Mocoa. Including municipalities…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday announced plans on Sunday to rebuild the town of Mocoa in the aftermath of Saturday’s flooding tragedy, which has left between 254 and…
While Colombia mourned Saturday’s flooding tragedy in Mocoa, Putumayo, rescue workers resumed rescue efforts at dawn on Sunday amid decreasing chances of finding survivors. Until then, operations were halted as…
As night fell after one of Colombia’s darkest days in recent history, rescue workers had pulled 234 dead from the mud and rubble left by an avalanche that devastated the southern…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday declared a state of emergency in the southern city of Mocoa after mudslides killed at least 154 people while hundreds were reported missing. While visiting the…
A Colombian opposition senator was scorned Saturday after blaming demobilizing FARC guerrillas for a flooding disaster that killed more than 150 people in the southern city of Mocoa. Senator Daniel Cabrales of…
At least 154 people were killed, 174 injured and 200 are missing after floods hit Mocoa, the capital of Colombia’s southern Putumayo province, the Red Cross reported Saturday. A large part of the city was…
Colombia sent 30 tons of humanitarian aid to Peru on Monday after floods killed more than 70 people in the neighboring country. President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday announced the emergency aid package…
At least eight people were killed and several more injured when a suspension bridge at a popular tourist area in central Colombia collapsed on Monday morning. The incident took place in…