6 Colombians killed in Ecuador earthquake, 75 still missing
At least six Colombians died in the earthquake that hit Ecuador on Saturday and killed more than 270. Another 75 Colombians are still missing in the neighboring country.
At least six Colombians died in the earthquake that hit Ecuador on Saturday and killed more than 270. Another 75 Colombians are still missing in the neighboring country.
Colombia on Sunday sent 9 metric tons of humanitarian aid and dozens of rescue workers to neighboring country Ecuador where and an M7.8 earthquake on Saturday killed more than 235 people.
Some 70 homes and several other buildings in the southeastern Colombian port city of Buenaventura have been destroyed after a storm surge hit the city’s coastline.
A new report by the United Nation’s World Food Program (WFP) revealed that the risk of natural disasters in Colombia is high due to the effects of climate change.
Colombia’s state meteorology agency IDEAM on Monday said it was expecting rains to alleviate the drought-ridden east of the country, but maintained a red alert, particularly for the Caribbean coast…
Over 3,000 hectares of land have been destroyed so far by an ongoing wildfire in the foothills of Colombia’s northern Sierra Nevada mountains, reported local media.
Colombia’s constitutional court on Friday ordered Congress to include victims of groups emerging from the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC in legislation granting them rights to compensation.
Victims from the mudslide in the southwest of Colombia have increased since the tragedy struck on Saturday morning. A mudslide caused by heavy rains flooded a village in the southwest…
Colombia’s Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo on Wednesday called for an emergency budget in the face of the El Niño weather phenomenon, which is expected to hit Colombia in the…