across southwestern colombia. the fact this occurred late at night meant there was very little, if no warning at all for these residents. very scary moments. i want you to see the video. it s interesting to see the type of debris being picked up. those are full boulders, full tree, branches, even sides of buildings being caught up in the debris, being swept down the mountainside. look at the mountainous terrain in the background. that, friends, is the andes mountains and they re steep. they re over 4,000 meters in some locations. we zoom into southwestern colombia and talk about the punto mayo province. here s mocoa. you can see some of three rivers that flow through this area. this is a very precarious part of this particular province. the population here, right around 40,000 people within mocoa. the entire province, about 345,000. it sits at the base of these
that was late friday night into early saturday morning when they saw about 130 millimeters of rainfall in a three to four-hour period. we have more rain in the forecast. that means landslides and mudslides and flash flooding still a major threat for this country. specifically, we ve highlighted the areas where we have the highest strength. that would be across northern portions of the country as well as the bogota region and southwestern colombia near mocoa. look at the future forecast. you can see that showers and thunderstorms continue to flare up across the region for the foreseeable future. we ve already clocked in just under 150 millimeters of rain. guess what, there s more rain in the forecast. that is why the threat continues. that is why people need to be on high alert as the rescue operations continue and are under way across southwestern colombia. again, just looking at this image, an aerial image of the devastation there. you can see the amount of homes that have been impact