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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...

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