$8M in aid promised to Colombia for rainy season relief
Colombia has been promised almost $8 million in foreign aid to deal with the emergency situation caused by this year’s extended rainy season that killed more than 150 and left…
Colombia has been promised almost $8 million in foreign aid to deal with the emergency situation caused by this year’s extended rainy season that killed more than 150 and left…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday declared a state of public calamity in 28 of the country’s 32 departments to deal with emergencies caused by this year’s rainy season,…
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…
Colombia’s rainy season has now taken the lives of 117 people, according to the Ministry of Interior and Justice. Over all, 1,170,480 people have been affected by the extreme weather,…
This year’s rainy season killed at least 108 in Colombia and caused damages to the houses and lands of 1.1 million people, the Red Cross said Sunday. Authorities in several…
The Colombian Red Cross urges local authorities to make emergency plans for parts of the country worst-affected by the heavy rains. Heavy rain has caused damage to 28 out of…
This year’s rainy season in Colombia left 75 people dead, the Red Cross says. 742 thousand people have damages to their land or home. Carlos Ivan Marquez, regional director of…
A Barranquilla man rescued two girls from a taxi that got stuck when a flash flood hit the street it was in. Despite the extremely strong current, Juan Carlos Gonzalez,…
Global coffee prices rose to a near two-week high after speculators said that devastating rains in Colombia, which continue to fall, could weaken output in the world’s second largest arabica-bean producing…