This year’s prolonged rainy season is taking a heavy toll on Colombia’s infrastructure, Caracol Radio reported on Tuesday. Heavy rains and landslides destroyed 452 roads, 25 bridges, 88 aqueducts, 8…
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…
A landslide caused by the heavy rains in Bogota left four dead and several injured on Tuesday morning, reports Radio Santa Fe. Authorities confirmed the death of four people, among…
Heavy rains that have hit Colombia over the past few months have left 81 people dead, and negatively affected over 850,000, according to RCN Radio. Luz Amanda Pulido, director of…
The search for the bodies of people killed by a landslide in the Antioquia department continues, with more than 300 people taking to the street in support of the victims and…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday expressed his solidarity with Mexican President Felipe Calderon in the wake of recent landslide tragedies in both countries. In the north-west Colombian department…
The Colombian army evacuated 30 U.S., British, Polish and Mexican tourists trapped by a landslide in the northern part of the Sierra Nevada, near the Caribbean beach town Santa Marta, close…
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…
Following the intense droughts and wild fires caused by the “El Niño” phenomenon, Colombia predicts the arrival of “La Niña” phenomenon, which means heavy rains and potential flooding and landslides around…