Over 9,000 people affected by Colombia’s rains
Around 9,100 people were estimated to have been affected by heavy seasonal rains in Colombia this year, according to the government’s Risk Management Unit. Emergencies due to the weather have…
Around 9,100 people were estimated to have been affected by heavy seasonal rains in Colombia this year, according to the government’s Risk Management Unit. Emergencies due to the weather have…
Colombia’s National Disaster Management Agency said 8,200 Colombians have been affected by heavy rains brought on by the weather phenomena know as La Niña, in a report by the agency…
Heavy storms in a central Colombian village have left one dead and 17 homeless. The body of a 76-year-old woman washed up in the village of Morelia, Risaralda Department, despite…
Severe rainfall has broken a 40m levee, displaced 375 people and flooded 500 hectares of crops in western Colombia, reported Colombian daily El Pais Thursday. The incidents occurred in the…
The weather phenomenon La Niña has returned to Colombia, and will bring higher than average rain until March 2012, according to various environmental institutes. The effects will be felt December…
Colombia’s National Meteorological Institute (IDEAM) has raised alerts in Bogota and Cali over mass flooding, sewer clogging, and vehicular chaos brought on by heavy rainfall. According to the District System…
Five people died after a Cali river suddenly flooded, local media reported Monday. The accident occurred Sunday in Choclona, a southern district of Cali. The five victims — four of…
More than 27 departments have been affected by the new rainy season, which has killed 29 people and left more than 20,000 families homeless. According to Jorge Londoño, the director…
Five Colombian departments have issued crisis alerts due to landslides and heavy rains brought on by the year’s second rainy season, Colombian media reported Monday. Relief agencies in the Santander,…