Colombia: Drought and Wild Fires - Jan 2024 reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Multiple experts agree that extreme aridity and lack of rainfall have combined to cause over 500 forest fires so far this year. They warn that these conditions will continue until April
Bogotá, Jan 24 (EFE).- Dozens of acres of high-elevation grasslands were consumed by a fire in the Páramo Berlín, crucial for drinking water supplies in northeastern Colombia, officials said on Wednesday. Authorities are fighting 21 wildfires all over the country in the departments of Santander, Norte de Santander, Boyacá, Vichada, Antioquia, and Cesar, the National …
18 killed in Colombia landslide chinadaily.com.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chinadaily.com.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bogotá, Jan. 13 (EFE) – Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez reported Saturday that the number of people killed by two landslides on a highway near the town of El Carmen de Atrato, in the department of Chocó (north-west) increased throughout Saturday during the ongoing search operation. “I deeply regret the death of 33 people in …