Heavy rains kill 48 in Colombia in 2010
Heavy rains that have been pouring down on Colombia since the beginning of the rainy season in January cost the lives of 48 people so far, authorities say. The rains…
Heavy rains that have been pouring down on Colombia since the beginning of the rainy season in January cost the lives of 48 people so far, authorities say. The rains…
A search is underway for a mysterious predator which has been attacking livestock in the central Colombian department of Boyaca. Concern has been mounting over the past month among rural…
Colombia’s national government on Saturday declared the area around Villa de Leyva a disaster area as wildfires threatened the Boyaca town and surrounding villages. According to the country’s Environment Minister…
The U.S. Government granted US$700,000 to help the Colombian authorities fight the forest fires raging across the South American nation. U.S. Ambassador to Bogota William Brownfield asked Washington for help…
3,100 hectares of forest were destroyed by forest fires that have been raging across Colombia for the past few weeks, the country’s government announced. The national government last week declared…
Colombia’s environment minister announced the closure of national parks and a prohibition on cook-outs and bonfires, due to the country’s disastrous ongoing forest fires. According to reports by Canal Caracol,…
Ongoing forest fires south of Bogota forced local authorities to declare an emergency as the flames threaten to destroy neighborhoods in the southeast of the capital. The Cundinamarca department that…
Authorities on Monday maintained the orange alert level for Galeras volcano, saying the volcano has been “extremely quiet” since Saturday’s eruption. Authorities in the southern Colombian department of Nariño stated…
Chicamocha National Park has become Colombia’s most visited tourist attraction, according to statistics revealed by the Ministry of Trade and Tourism Monday.