Bogota mayor visits homeless flood victims
The mayor of Bogota visited flood victims in the south of the city Wednesday, acknowledging the challenges that lie ahead for those left homeless, according to Radio Caracol. Interim Mayor Clara…
The mayor of Bogota visited flood victims in the south of the city Wednesday, acknowledging the challenges that lie ahead for those left homeless, according to Radio Caracol. Interim Mayor Clara…
Four people died Wednesday when a landslide in the northeast of Colombia buried a bus under tons of rubble. According to the police commissioner of Santander, the department where the…
This year’s second rainy season has killed 134 in Colombia and has affected more than 500,000, the Red Cross said Wednesday. “The situation is very delicate,” Red Cross representative Cesar…
Bogota has declared a state of emergency after heavy rains caused flooding on Wednesday, leaving 10,000 people homeless in the southwest of the city, according to newspaper El Tiempo. Bogota‘s…
A landslide in the central Colombian city of Manizales destroyed water pipes between water treatment plants on Tuesday, leading to water rationing in the city. Assistant manager of Manizales Water…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Monday that this year’s heavy rainy season is set to “last until next March.” This statement came after the president visited zones affected by…
Seven members of the same family died Monday after a landslide buried their home, in the Tolima department of Colombia. Five women and two young girls died in the disaster,…
A hoax flood warning in the central Colombian city of Villavicencio caused widespread panic among residents late Friday. Thirty were injured in the chaos. The hoax was started by an…
Two landslides kill four people in the northern departments of Santander and Antioquia, bringing the number of people who have died in Colombia’s rainy season to 108. Another 420,000 thousand…