Colombia’s rainy season leaves 50 dead
Colombia’s rainy season has left 50 people dead in the past two months, reported local media Thursday. The latest report from the National Unit for Risk and Disaster Management (UNGRD) also found…
Colombia’s rainy season has left 50 people dead in the past two months, reported local media Thursday. The latest report from the National Unit for Risk and Disaster Management (UNGRD) also found…
Colombia’s state-owned petroleum company, Ecopetrol, will pay $3.62 million to victims of a fatal pipeline explosion that left 33 dead, reported local media Monday. The December eruption was caused by the…
A driver and two children have died after a school bus lost control following heavy rains in central Colombia. Seven other children were injured when the bus rolled down a large…
Colombia’s recent heavy rains have left 17 dead and 56,000 homeless, authorities said Monday. Three more people are missing and 24 injured, according to figures from the Colombian Office of…
Colombia’s weather institute predicted 50% more rain than usual over the coming months. In an interview with Dow Jones Newswires, Ricardo Lozano, director of Colombia’s Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and…
Colombia’s National Disaster Management Agency said 8,200 Colombians have been affected by heavy rains brought on by the weather phenomena know as La Niña, in a report by the agency…
An indigenous community is in mourning after 33 huts and a ceremonial house burned down in the northern Magdalena department Saturday. An army commander reported that a fire caused by “climactic…
The Colombian Comptroller General Roberto Hoyos Botero rules that negligence caused the fatal explosion of an Ecopetrol pipeline last December. 33 people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed and many homes…
Rescue workers in the central Colombian town of Dosquebradas said late Friday 13 people have been confirmed dead and 17 were in critical condition after the explosion of an oil…