Extreme rains devastate western Colombia province
More than 3,000 people in the Choco province in western Colombia have been affected by several...
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Heavy rain affects hundreds of families, leaves 1 dead in Colombia’s Atlantic coast
Torrential rain in Colombia’s coastal city of Barranquilla, Atlantico has affected more than...
4 Colombian rivers in red alert over heavy rains
Four major Colombian rivers are at high risk of flooding due to the relentless rainy season and have been placed in red alert by Colombia’s National Disaster Risk Management Unit Thursday. The Magdalena, Bogota, Cauca, and...
Colombia’s rains to continue in November: Govt
Colombia’s meteorological institute IDEAM announced on Tuesday that heavy rains will continue to fall with greater intensity throughout the country for the rest of November. Meteorologist Gloria Leon said that the...
Heavy rains wash-out crucial road in northeast Colombia
Heavy rains on Monday collapsed three sections of the “La Cordialidad” road that connects Cartagena with Barranquilla in northeast Colombia. According to radio station Caracol Radio, the main wipe-out occurred after...
Father and son buried by massive landslide
A 200 meter avalanche of mud and rock buried a father and his son while they slept on Tuesday night in the department of Boyaca, northern Colombia, one of the areas hit hardest by the winter rains, Caracol Radio reported. The...
Govt issues evacuation warning in Boyaca due to floods
The Director of Civil Defense in the department of Boyaca, Colonel Alirio Aponte Monroy, told Caracol Radio on Monday that as a preventative measure hundreds of homes in towns situated on the banks of the Chicamocha river should...
