Colombia’s 10/11 rainy season: 448 dead, 73 missing, 3.3 million affected
The torrential rains that have been falling almost non-stop from May last year until now have resulted in the deaths of 448, while 73 went missing and more than 3.3…
The torrential rains that have been falling almost non-stop from May last year until now have resulted in the deaths of 448, while 73 went missing and more than 3.3…
Flooding of the Bogota river is again causing emergency situations north of the capital, local aid agencies said Friday. The chairman of the Cundinamarca department’s Disaster Attention and Prevention agency…
A statement issued Tuesday by a U.N. conference on disaster management fiercely criticized Colombia’s dealing with natural disasters. According to the statement, disaster prevention is “not a real priority” for…
Banana production fell by 16% in the first quarter of the year, compared to 2010, as a result of the season’s torrential rains, reported El Colombiano. At a meeting of AUGURA,…
The proposed sale of Ecopetrol shares to fund government reconstruction projects remains in limbo, as the bill stalls in its progression through congress, newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. The sale of…
President Juan Manuel Santos said that major reconstruction efforts in Colombia cannot commence until the La Niña weather pattern passes, likely at the end of June. In a presidential communique…
After receiving Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa in Bogota Thursday, both President Juan Manuel Santos and his counterpart have issued mutually complimentary assessments of the increasingly consolidated relations between the two…
Flooding has been causing landing problems at Bogota’s El Dorado airport, Colombia’s aviation authority announced Tuesday. The southern runway of the airport is currently flooded with water, and Civil Aeronautics…
The Ministry of Agriculture reported that heavy rains afflicting Colombia have flooded 2.5 million acres of farming land, leaving 500,000 acres unsuitable for crop production. Extreme weather conditions have caused…