As Colombia’s holiday high season begins, many of the country’s roads are impassable due to landslides, flooding and embankment collapses. The country’s Highway Patrol has reported that there are six…
Four high-powered water pumps were donated to Colombia by the Venezuelan government Sunday to help reduce flooding, mainly in Bogota. The pumps arrived in Bogota in order to help lower…
A mudslide in the west of Colombia killed five people Saturday, bringing the total of people who died because of rainy season-related floods and landslides to 164. The deputy director…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday he was disappointed about the results of the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in South Africa earlier this month. In a speech,…
Colombia’s second rainy season so far has killed 159 people and has left over 878 thousand affected, the Red Cross reported Friday. According to the aid organization’s weekly report, 34…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos called on Colombians to heed evacuation warnings after 10 people were killed Friday due to landslides and flooding. “I lament the situation of Caldas and…
Nine people were killed Friday in a landslide on an indigenous reservation in Colombia’s central department of Caldas. The landslide swept away two homes in the village of San Lorenzo…
Colombian superstar Juanes will open the country’s 2011 Telethon, a 27-hour event starting Friday which aims to raise more than $6M for charity. According to newspaper El Colombio, the artist…
Over 100 municipalities in 16 departments are on red alert due to high risks of landslides, according to a study by several Colombian organizations. The departments with 106 municipalities at…