The Colombian government promised an investment of $14.5 billion will be used to create better infrastructure to prevent future weather-related damages similar to those incurred during the past rainy season,…
President Juan Manuel Santos thanked Colombians, charities, and international community on Thursday for solidarity during the devastating rainy season. “Colombia Humanitaria,” a charity that was created by President Santos to…
The Minister of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, Beatriz Uribe Botero, ratified a bill that will allocate $42 million (COP75 billion) towards the rebuilding of houses affected by the rainy…
Persistent rains have flooded villages, destroyed crops, and inundate buildings in 15 municipalities in the Antioquia department over the last week. Approximately 4,000 people have been affected, reported Caracol Radio…
Two young children were killed by a landslide that occurred Monday night in north Colombia’s Bolivar department, while their mother and various others remain missing. The three people occupied one…
Ecopetrol, Colombia’s state-owned oil company, continues to deal with the effects of the rainy season, as landslides and floods from frequent rains caused ruptures in a major gas line, newspaper…
President Juan Manuel Santos signed a decree intended to speed up the funding of reconstruction projects after the worst rainy season in the country’s history. The presidential website announced that…
Despite the official end of weather phenomenon La Niña, blamed for heavy rains that have lashed down on Colombia since last year, Colombian meteorologists told authorities to stay on high…
More than half of Colombia’s national road network has been severely affected by the devastating rainy season, according to the National Roads Institute INVIAS. The national road network consists of…