9 missing after Magdalena river crash
The Colombian Navy is looking for nine people who went missing after their boat crashed with a tugboat on the Magdalena river Wednesday. A Navy spokesperson said Wednesday that search…
The Colombian Navy is looking for nine people who went missing after their boat crashed with a tugboat on the Magdalena river Wednesday. A Navy spokesperson said Wednesday that search…
A Colombian NGO that arrived in Haiti to build a neighborhood for victims of the earthquake that left 1 million people homeless has yet to lay the first brick. According to newspaper…
A landslide in the southern Colombian Nariño department killed 13 people and injured 29, local authorities said Friday. The tragedy took place Thursday in the village of San Gerardo, where…
Rescue workers found 15 of 20 persons who were feared dead after a landslide buried their homes in the north of Colombia on Thursday. Following the landslide that struck houses…
Local authorities say twenty people are missing after a mudslide hit a village in the north Colombian Santander department. “The mountain fell on top of some houses located alongside the…
During a non-stop 27-hour broadcast on both of the country’s private channels, Colombians donated $2.8 million to help victims of this year’s catastrophic rainy season. The two channels, Caracol and RCN,…
The Colombian branch of the Red Cross set the death toll of this year’s catastrophic rainy season at 281. According to the humanitarian organization, a total of 2.2 million people…
Rescue workers in Bello, which borders Medellin, have recovered 74 bodies from the landslide which wiped away 35 houses, El Espectador reported on Wednesday. Andres Perez, mayor of Bello, said that…
Colombian media and public figures compare the catastrophic floods in northern Colombia with those caused by “Katrina,” the hurricane that hit the U.S. city of New Orleans in 2005. According…