Colombia declares emergency in response to widespread floods
President Gustavo Petro declared an emergency in large parts of Colombia in response to rains that...
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Colombia allocates $382M to climate disaster relief
Colombia’s government has allocated $382 million (COP1.7 trillion) to respond to multiple...
West Colombia suffers while Duque is busy with Venezuela
While Colombia’s president Ivan Duque was leading efforts to get US aid into Venezuela,...
Half Colombia’s municipalities at elevated risk of natural disasters
More than 180 of Colombia’s approximately 1,000 municipalities are either on orange or red...
West Colombia floods leave thousands homeless
More than 20,000 people lost their homes in west Colombia over the past few days as torrential...
Floods in west Colombia leave 6000 homes damaged
More than six thousand families have seen their homes damaged by flooding in western Colombia,...
Heavy rains leave 38 dead and 18,000 homeless in Colombia
Five of Colombia’s 32 states are on red alert due to flooding and landslides, which have...
40,000 volunteers primed for Colombia’s second rainy season
40,000 volunteers have signed up to a Red Cross training scheme in which they will learn how to...
More than 140,000 in Colombia affected by rains and floods
More than 140 thousand people in Colombia have been affected by the country’s first rainy...
130,000 in Colombia affected by heavy rains
More than 130,000 people have been affected by this year’s rainy season in Colombia, the...
Heavy rains flood Cali
Some 10 neighborhoods in the north and east of Cali were flooded Sunday after heavy rainfall hit...
Floods affect more than 200 families in northeast Colombia
Floods in the northeastern Colombian Cordoba department affected more than 200 families. The intense rain that engulfed the region caused the Ure river to swell and burst its banks near the town of San Jose de Ure, causing...
