Overall Green alert Flood for Colombia
in Colombia

Event summary

Flood Colombia can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1100434
Death: 3
Displaced: 600
Countries: Colombia
From - To 15 Apr - 26 Apr

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Antioquia Department, Colombia, April 2020A sudden increase of the San Juan river in the department of Antioquia, Colombia, prompted around 140 families to evacuate their homes. Flooding struck on 25 April, 2020. Three bridges and several homes were damaged, according to the government of Antioquia. Authorities acted quickly to evacuate families from flood-risk areas along the river in Andes and Jardin municipalities. No injuries or fatalities were reported. Flood waters quickly subsided and residents were soon able to return to their homes.Fri 24 Apr 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Articles: 3 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Nonprofit on the front lines of pandemicSat, 18 Apr 2020 10:22:00 +0200.

With covid-19 deaths soaring and the peak date uncertain, a charity known as Samaritan's Purse hurriedly set up a field hospital in New York's Central Park, providing 68 extra beds for the stricken city. While they went about their tasks, a
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En plena cuarentena, indígenas y defensores son víctimas de los grupos ... Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:47:00 +0200.

“La violencia no se fue de cuarentena”, es una de las frases que repiten líderes sociales, ambientales y de derechos humanos en Colombia. Y así lo confirman también diferentes ONG y autoridades indígenas. Desde el 25 de marzo todo el país s
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Grupos armados aprovechan la cuarentena para asesinar a indígenas y de ... Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:20:00 +0200.

“La violencia no se fue de cuarentena”, es una de las frases que repiten líderes sociales, ambientales y de derechos humanos en Colombia. Y así lo confirman también diferentes ONG y autoridades indígenas. Desde el 25 de marzo todo el país s
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),