Heavy rain and overflowing creeks caused raging flash floods in Floridablanca municipality in the department of Santander, Colombia, on 28 January 2020. Local media reported that around 130 families were…
Local media in Colombia report that flooding from the Unguía river and its tributaries in Chocó Department has affected 1,200 families. Flooding inundated areas of Unguía Municipality from 30 December,…
At least 8 people are missing after torrential rain triggered flash floods and mudslides in Tolima Department, Colombia. The disaster struck during the early hours of 26 December, 2019. According…
Around 6,000 people have been affected by flooding from the overflowing Telembí River in the municipality of Barbacoas, Nariño Department in Colombia. Flooding began around 06 December 2019, according to…
Flooding has affected thousands of people in Colombia’s north-central Santander Department after rivers broke their banks earlier this month. According to local media, flooding has affected around 10,000 people (2,000…
Heavy rain in northwest Colombia has caused further flooding in Antioquia Department. This is the third flood event in the department since late October. Around 22 homes were destroyed by…
Rain in central parts of Colombia has triggered flooding and landslides in the departments of Tolima and Antioquia. Heavy rain caused a landslide in an area known as Mosquitos in…
Almost 10,000 people have been affected by flooding in Antioquia Department in northwest Colombia. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that the San José River broke…
Heavy rain triggered deadly flooding and mudslides in Colombia‘s Risaralda Department, leaving at least 1 dead and several injured. The disaster occurred on 13 October, 2019, in the Matecaña neighbourhood…
Around 2,000 people have been affected by flooding in Zulia State in northwestern Venezuela. Civil Protection in Venezuela reported heavy rain in the Sierra de Perijá triggered flooding of the…
Around 5,000 people have been affected by flooding in northern Colombia after heavy rain from late September 2019. In Magdalena Department, a river broke its banks in Zona Bananera Municipality…
At least 2 people have died in a landslides in Caquetá department in southern Colombia. The landslide struck on 22 June in Florencia municipality a period of rain. Civil Defence…
Flooding and landslides in northwestern Colombia have affected thousands of people over the last few days in particular in Antioquia and Cordoba Departments. Authorities report that rivers are at Red…
Around the world, many families are facing both conflict and climate change pressures, fleeing one crisis only to find themselves facing a different one. Report by Anastasia Moloney for Thomson…
At least 17 people have died after heavy rainfall in Colombia triggered a landslide near the town of Rosas in the southwestern department of Cauca on Sunday, 21 April, 2019.…
An El Niño that began to form last fall has matured and is now fully entrenched across the Pacific Ocean. Changes in sea surface temperatures (SSTs) brought about by an…
