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 1100965
Death: 3
Displaced: -
Countries: Colombia
From - To 03 Jul - 16 Jul

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Antioquia, Colombia, Mid-July 2021The department’s Administrative Department of Risk Management of Antioquia (DAGRAN) said 3 people died after floods in Santo Domingo and Montebello municipalities. 36 homes were in danger of collapsing into the Buey river in Montebello Municipality after the floods wiped out around 40 metres of river bank. As many as 12 homes were severely damaged after landslides in Briceño municipality. On 11 July, heavy rain caused several streams to overflow in Dabeiba municipality, leaving 17 villages isolated and affecting around 6,000 people. Local media said the hardest hit areas were Camparrusia and San José de Urama where roads and 6 homes were destroyed.Tue 20 Jul 2021FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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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),