Central Colombia storm leaves 100 families homeless
Heavy rain and fierce gales left 600 homes damaged and five people injured in the town of Nocaima, 40 miles north-west of Bogota, local media reported Saturday. Town mayor, Wilson…
Heavy rain and fierce gales left 600 homes damaged and five people injured in the town of Nocaima, 40 miles north-west of Bogota, local media reported Saturday. Town mayor, Wilson…
Colombia falls five places to 77 on the world tourism scale, despite a steady increase in international visitors, according to the 2011 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index compiled by the World…
Eight people were injured in a series of earthquakes that hit the north of Colombia on Wednesday and Thursday. The earthquakes took place within a 20-hour time span in the…
Over a period of five years an area of forest equivalent to two and a half times the size of Jamaica has been lost in Colombia, largely in regions…
Medellin, a city with about 3 million inhabitants, is a writhing thriving mass of humanity. While the hustle and bustle of the city is what lends it its charm; the…
Forest fires in Colombia have scorched 1228 acres of land and crops since the turn of the year, as temperatures surpass 97 degrees Fahrenheit, reports EFE Friday. The 16 fires…
An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit the north east of Colombia on Thursday morning. According to the country’s geological institute, the earthquake occurred some 20 miles north…
Seismological authorities in the south-west of Colombia are on alert after an earthquake of 4.1 on the Richter scale occurred little more than a mile from the Galeras volcano’s main…
A landslide caused by heavy rains in Colombia’s coffee region killed a family of four, local media reported on Sunday. The tragedy occurred Saturday just outside the town of Quinchia…