2.5 million acres of farmland are affected by torrential rains that have been tormenting Colombia since the beginning of last year, the country’s Agriculture Minister said Saturday. According to Minister…
The actual number of people affected by the extreme rains in Colombia in 2010 and 2011 is 2.2 million and not 3.4 million, as official sources previously claimed, government statistics…
Since April 2010, Colombia’s relentless rainy season has claimed the lives of 452 people, with some 3.4 million affected across the country, El Espectador reported Thursday. A landslide in the…
Colombia’s Federation of Coffee Growers hopes to produce 9.5 million bags in 2011 facing challenges from the rainy season and fungi. According to Luis Genaro Muñoz, head of the Federation…
One person was killed and 10 were injured after a landslide devastated a village in the north of Colombia, according to Colombian station Caracol Radio. Relief agencies said that an…
Colombia’s capital Bogota has been cut off from a large part of the northeast of the country after a landslide destroyed a bridge connecting the capital with the city of…
The president of Colombia’s central bank said that the excessive rainy season will affect the price of food in May and the following months, reported El Espectador Tuesday. Central bank…
A landslide took the lives of two people on the road between Bucaramanga and Barrancabermeja in the northeast Colombian department of Santander Monday. The commander of the highway police in…
Colombia’s national meteorological institute (IDEAM) has announced that heavy rains will last until mid-June, when the La Niña weather pattern passes. IDEAM officials said that the intense rains will last…