Rains wreak havoc on Colombia
Almost half of Colombia’s departments have issued red alerts due to heavy rains in this year’s prolonged rainy season, Caracol Radio reports. The government of Antioquia has extended the red…
Almost half of Colombia’s departments have issued red alerts due to heavy rains in this year’s prolonged rainy season, Caracol Radio reports. The government of Antioquia has extended the red…
Several parts of Cartagena are currently under water following heavy downpours, including three electricity substations, leaving around 80 neighborhoods without power, reports El Universal. Local authorities are assessing the damage…
Ongoing heavy rains in northern Colombia have caused the Magdalena river to burst its banks and left thousands of Colombians affected by flooding and adverse weather in the Magdalena, Bolivar, Cordoba,…
Colombia’s rainy season death toll has risen to 60, while 74,000 families and more than 300,000 people have been affected by adverse weather condition in 27 departments around the Andean…
While the Colombian “winter” is set to finish at the end of July, Colombia’s meteorological institute predicts that the rains that have drenched the Andean nation over the past few months will…
A report from Colombia’s Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) rings alarm bells over the future of the Andean nation’s glaciers, which it says could melt within the next…
Heavy rainfall across Colombia has harmed almost 6,000 people this week, bringing the total number of people battered by the country’s rainy season, flooding, overflowing rivers and landslides to 90,000,…
This year’s rainy season has left 18 Colombians dead, five missing, and 87 injured, while almost 73,000 have been affected by the extreme weather conditions since the beginning of April,…
Almost 30,000 Colombians have been affected by the rainy season so far this year, with reports of twelve dead and 87 injured by adverse weather in April. Vice Minister for…