Bodies of 4 minors found in Colombian landslide tragedy
Rescue workers digging up three houses buried in a landslide in northern Colombian have found the bodies of four minors, aged between 5 and 17, reported Radio Caracol Wednesday. Eleven…
Rescue workers digging up three houses buried in a landslide in northern Colombian have found the bodies of four minors, aged between 5 and 17, reported Radio Caracol Wednesday. Eleven…
Families living in three houses in La Cruz, in the Atlantico department, northern Colombia, have been buried by a landslide, Colombian media reported Tuesday. Emergency services are trying to reach…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday that it will take more than 3,700 public works projects to repair the country after the rainy season’s devastating effects on the population,…
Ingeominas, the Colombian government’s geology and mining institute, said Monday the country’s topography combined with a lack of understanding of extreme weather puts its population in permanent danger. Martha Calvache,…
Colombia’s vice-president asked the country’s banks Sunday for solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of flood victims and freeze outstanding debts of those affected by the rainy season. “I want…
Bogota authorities were able to lower the water level in the flooded southwest of Colombia’s capital by pumping water into lesser populated fields. According to the local authorities the water…
A red alert was declared Thursday in Colombia’s Atlantic department, as raised water levels in a primary canal threaten one of the country’s main water reservoirs, according to Caracol Radio. The…
The Colombian government pledged $519 million Friday to help victims of the winter rains. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said the money will go repairing damaged housing. Only people who have been…
Two people in a bus covered by a mudslide die after being trapped for 12 hours. The number of people killed in this accident which occurred Wednesday night in La…