La Niña to bring rain to Colombia until 2012
The weather phenomenon La Niña has returned to Colombia, and will bring higher than average rain until March 2012, according to various environmental institutes. The effects will be felt December…
The weather phenomenon La Niña has returned to Colombia, and will bring higher than average rain until March 2012, according to various environmental institutes. The effects will be felt December…
Colombia is highly vulnerable to the upcoming rainy season, which forecasters say will be stronger than the last, El Espectador reported Thursday. The country has not yet recovered from the…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sent a message of solidarity to populations in northern Cundinamarca affected by the flooding of the Bogota River, after being unable to land in the…
Various parts of north and central Colombia continue to be seriously affected by new incidents of landslides and flooding caused by the extreme rainy season. A number of recent occurrences…
Two people remain missing after a torrential downpour caused serious damage in the southwest Colombian city of Cali on Sunday evening. Firefighters confirmed that two men, of 19 and 71 years…
Colombia’s extreme and prolonged rainy season has caused the deaths of 116 people, and serious injury to 87 more, in the four months since January 2011, the Colombian government announced.…
President Juan Manuel Santos announced that the Colombian government will allot approximately $14 billion (COP 26 trillion) to assist victims of this year’s extreme weather as part of the newly…
The rainy season will leave Colombia by the end of May but the short summer won’t be long enough to dry out the land, rebuild roads and repair damages, claimed…
Nine of Colombia’s departments are in a state of high alert for risk of landslides, according to Ministry of the Interior Risk Management Director Carlos Ivan Marquez. W Radio reported…